Children Health Study 2016
Children Health Study 2016

Author(s): Vladimíra Puklová, Kristýna Žejglicová, Jana Kratěnová
Subject(s): Evaluation research, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: allergy; cardiovascular risk factors; anthropometric parameters; obesity; lifestyle; children; Czech Republic;
Summary/Abstract: The health status of the child population has been monitored within The Environmental Health Monitoring System since 1996. The fifth phase of this monitoring (Children Health Study 2016) was carried out in 2016. The aim of the study was to describe the cardiovascular health, the prevalence of allergic diseases, postural abnormalities and obesity in children. At the same time, information on lifestyle was collected. This study was the fifth in the sequence of the surveys, which enabled us to evaluate 20-year trends in allergic diseases and obesity. The data were collected during preventive examinations of children aged 5, 9, 13, and 17 years in collaboration with 46 general paediatricians in the Czech Republic (CR). The children were randomly assigned to the study. The paediatricians provided data on the health status of children including the measured values of weight, height, blood pressure, and blood lipid levels in selected subsample of children with familial risk of atherosclerosis. The data on the child’s lifestyle were taken from the parental questionnaire. Overall allergic diseases were diagnosed in 29% of children; the prevalence has not changed significantly in the last ten years (2006–2016). The prevalence of asthma has reached 10%. Increased blood pressure detected at screening examinations was found in 10% of children as well. The non-physiological level of total cholesterol had 40% of children with a positive family history of atherosclerosis.

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