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The Councilor for Consumption of the Cieza City Council highlights that three schools in Cieza have participated in the study 'Aladino 2019', the private centers CPR Cristo Crucificado and Colegio Madre del Divino Pastor and the San Bartolomé-La Era Public School.The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, an autonomous body attached to the Ministry of Consumption, has carried out the study of Food, Physical Activity, Child Development and Obesity in Spain, between October and December 2019 in schools throughout the country.In a press release, the Cieza City Council Consumption Councilor, Francisco Saorín, referring to the Aladino 2019 report, presented last week by Alberto Garzón's minister, highlighted that it includes a cross-sectional descriptive study of the anthropometric measurements obtained by direct measurement and associated factors obtained through questionnaires in a random sample of 16,665 schoolchildren from 276 Primary Education Centers, representative of the school population aged 6 to 9 residing in Spain.36 primary schools in the Autonomous Community of Murcia participated in the study, of which 22 were public and 14 private.
As for Cieza, three centers have participated, the private schools CPR Cristo Crucificado and Colegio Madre Del Divino Pastor and the San Bartolomé-La Era Public School.Saorín explained that Aladino 2019 throws a worrying conclusion: 4 out of 10 schoolchildren analyzed are overweight, that is, 40.6%.
Of this percentage, 23.3% correspond to overweight (more frequent in girls) and 17.3% to obesity (more frequent in boys).Furthermore, according to the analysis, the downward trend in excess weight observed since 2011 (3.9%) seems to have slowed down in the period from 2015 to the present.From a gender perspective, another piece of information appears worthy of the greatest attention: between 2011 and 2019, the prevalence of overweight and obesity has only decreased in children.In addition, the analysis of the study shows very alarming data in relation to some factors associated with excess weight.
Specifically, those related to the socioeconomic and educational level of families, since overweight and obesity are more frequent among schoolchildren from families with a lower income level and a lower level of education.Depending on family income, the prevalence of obesity increases as family income decreases.
In the lowest income stratum (families with an income less than 18,000 euros per year), obesity practically doubles in relation to that found in the highest income (families with an income greater than 30,000 euros per year).
In comparison, 23.3% versus 12.1%.Depending on the educational level of the parents, the figures are very similar.
Obesity almost doubles in girls and boys whose parents have primary education (24.3%), compared to those whose parents have university studies (12.4%).On the other hand, the factor related to the perception that parents have of the weight of their daughters and sons is also very significant.
On the one hand, 9 out of 10 parents of overweight schoolchildren consider the weight of their daughter or son normal.
On the other, 4 out of 10 parents of schoolchildren with obesity consider the weight of their daughter or son normal.Finally, Saorín has highlighted that child excess weight is associated with numerous health complications in adulthood such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases, as well as obesity represents a risk factor for people infected by covid-19.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza
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