%0 Journal Article
%T Calidad de vida relacionada con la salud en funci¨®n de la categor¨ªa ponderal en la infancia
%A Piqueras
%A Jos¨¦ A.
%A Orgil¨¦s
%A Mireia
%A Espada
%A Jos¨¦ P.
%A Carballo
%A Jos¨¦ L.
%J Gaceta Sanitaria
%D 2012
%I Ediciones Doyma, S.L.
%X objective: to analyze differences in health-related quality of life across weight categories based on body mass index in boys and girls aged 8 to 12 years old. methods: a cross-sectional study with 678 schoolchildren aged between 8 and 12 years from the province of alicante (spain) was conducted. the scores on the dimensions of health-related quality of life, assessed by the spanish version of the child health and illness profile-child edition, across the weight categories (according to the world health organization child growth standards) and sex, were compared. results: overweight or obesity was found in 28.2% and 15.3% of the sample, respectively. there were no statistically significant differences (p > 0.05) across the weight categories on the distinct dimensions of health-related quality of life. conclusions: children are unaware of the impact of obesity on quality of life. interventions to increase knowledge of this issue are required.
%K health-related quality of life
%K child welfare
%K weight classification
%K childhood obesity.
%U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0213-91112012000200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en