Relationship between obesity and cognitive intelligence in junior high school students
Keywords:
obesity, cognitive intelligence
Abstract
Background Obesity is a global health problem. This conditionmay cause negative impacts on children's cognitive function. Early detection of obesity may lessen these impacts.
Objective To determine the relationship between obesity status
and cognitive intelligence in children.
Methods A cross sectional study was conducted for two months
0 une to July 2008) on 7'h grade students at three Junior High
Schools in the Wenang subdistrict of Manado City, Indonesia.
We included children aged 12-13 years, registered in 2007-2008,
who gave parental consent, and who suffered from obstructive
sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS) and hypertension. We excluded
children who were sick at the time of the study, suffered from
epilepsy, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD),
congenital heart disease, or malnutrition. Data were analyzed
using Somers' D Test.
Results There were 52 boys out of 100 subjects studied. Fifty eight students (58%) had a normal BMI, and 42 were obese (36 with mild obesity, and 6 with moderate obesity). Out of the 42 obese students, 1 o/o had a defective IQ, 1 o/o had a below average IQ, 22% had an average IQ, 7% had an above average IQ and 11 o/o had a superior IQ. From 58 subjects with a normal BMI, none had a below average IQ, 20% had an average IQ, 18% had an above average, and 20% had a superior IQ. The mean IQ scores for obese and non-obese subjects were 108.7 and 114.1 respectively.
Conclusion Obesity has relationship with cognitive intelligence
in junior high school students.
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kedokteran berkelanjutan ilmu kesehatan anak XXXV;
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children and adolescents in the United States. J Pediatr.
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performance. Am J Clin Nutr. 1967;20:352-4.
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of school-aged children in the United States. J Nutr.
2005; 135:1967-73.
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matrices (SPM). Sertifikasi tes bagi konselor pendidikan
angkatan IX, Program Pascasarjana Universitas Negeri
Malang; 2006.
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Prentice-Hall Inc; 1997.
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children with a history of sleep-associated breathing disorder.
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breathing. J Pediatr. 2004;145:430-2.
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behavioural performance in children with sleep-related
obstructive breathing disorders. Sleep Med Rev. 2001 ;5:44 7-
61.
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cognitive impairment in the national heart, lung and blood
institute twin study. Arch Neural. 2001;58:643-7.
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pressure and cognitive impairment in India and the United
States. A cross-national epidemiological study. Arch Neurol.
2003;60: 1123-8.
Published
2009-07-01
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Montolalu N, Tangkilisan HA, Mayulu N. Relationship between obesity and cognitive intelligence in junior high school students. PI [Internet]. 1Jul.2009 [cited 23Apr.2024];49(3):165-. Available from: https://paediatricaindonesiana.org/index.php/paediatrica-indonesiana/article/view/546
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Received 2016-09-10
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Accepted 2016-09-10
Published 2009-07-01
