Introduction: Childhood obesity is increasing rapidly in Slovenia and around the world. This represents a major public health problem. It is important that childhood obesity is detected as soon as possible through systematic reviews of children. A comprehensive treatment of obese children and their families is needed. We need to take in consideration the consequences of obesity. Purpose: The purpose of the master’s thesis is to determinate the nutrition of the population of school children in the Dispensary for school children and youth over a period of nine years. We would also like to present a six-year treatment of overweight children that are being treated in the hospital. We will use different indicators to introduce all the children treated in the last year in more detail. Methods: We will use the concept of triangulation, where the research problem will be addressed at three levels. We will search the literature by going through domestic and foreign original scientific articles to address the research problem for the last ten years (2009-2019). The quantitative survey method in the dispensary has represented a population of 510 systematic examiners from 15 primary schools and 6 branch primary schools in Dolenjska region. The quantitative hospital survey represents 155 of all children considered from 2012 to 2017 and 52 children admitted in 2017 who were participants in the first annual treatment program. The data obtained was analysed using SPSS program. The results were graphically formatted using the MS Excel computer program. Results: The results obtained from the Dispensary for school children and youth confirmed the hypothesis that over-nutrition of school children of both sexes statistically increases with age. The results of the chi-square test showed a statistically significant association of over-nutrition with age (χ2 = 161,897, p = 0,000). We have rejected the hypothesis that there are more over-fed male students. The chi-square test showed no statistically significant difference between the proportions of malnourished boys and girls (χ2 = 0,237, p = 0,627). We also rejected the hypothesis, based on the results of a study at the hospital, that urban living environment is positively correlated with childhood obesity. The result of chi-square test showed no statistically significant association between over-nutrition and living environment, either at admission (χ2= 0,310, p = 0,578), or after one year of treatment (χ2 = 0,124, p = 0,725). The hypothesis that the body mass index of the treated children was statistically significantly lower after one year of treatment, was confirmed. On average, after one year of treatment, the body mass index was lower (M = 25, 7) than at admission (M = 28, 9). The chi-square results showed a statistically significant difference (t = 9,323, p = 0,000). Discussion and conclusion: With the research at the Dispensary we have proven that over-nutrition of children and youth of both sexes is increasing with age. The data collected in our study from the hospital show that successful treatment of childhood obesity and maintaining a lower body mass index are still present after one year of treatment. Graduate nurse practitioners represent an important part in the prevention and treatment of overweight children and adolescents.
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