Pasauliniu mastu suaugusių bei vaikų nutukimas jau įvardintas kaip epidemija. Todėl reikia ieškoti priežastinių ryšių tarp atskirų rodiklių ir veiksnių įtakojančių šiuos rodiklius. Darbo tikslas. Palyginti Vilniaus ir Kauno apskričių pirmokų antropometrinius rodiklius bei nustatyti jų sąsajas su tėvų antropometriniais rodikliais. Tyrimo metodika. Tyrimo objektas – Kauno ir Vilniaus apskrities pirmų klasių mokiniai. Tyrimo metodika – pirmokų antropometrinių rodiklių (ūgio, svorio, juosmens ir klubų apimčių) tyrimas, naudojant PSO patvirtintus, standartizuotus metodus. Anketinė tėvų apklausa. Statistinė duomenų analizė naudojant SPSS 14.0 bei MS Excel. Rezultatai. Nustatytas vidutinis 7 ir 8 metų berniukų ir mergaičių ūgis, svoris. Vertinant abiejų lyčių ūgio vidurkius, bei juos lyginant su 20 metų amžiaus tarpsnio vidurkiais matoma pirmokų ūgio didėjimo tendencija. Vertinant pagal IOTF standartus 17,8 proc., pirmokų turėjo antsvorį arba nutukimą. Skirtumai tarp Vilniaus ir Kauno apskričių pirmokų antropometrinių rodiklių buvo nereikšmingi. Nustatyti koreliaciniai ryšiai tarp tėvų ir vaikų antropometrinių rodiklių svyravo nuo 0,35 iki 0,15. Buvo nustatyta, kad didelis naujagimio svoris 1,8 karto didina nutukimo riziką lyginant su normalaus ir mažo gimimo svorio vaikais. Sąsajos tarp natūralaus maitinimo ir padidėjusios KMI buvo nereikšmingos. Išvados. Pirmokų antropometriniai rodikliai skiriasi priklausomai nuo amžiaus grupės ir lyties. Kauno ir Vilniaus apskrityse skirtumai... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / Obesity of children and adults takes epidemic status. There are need to find causative factors between anthropometric measures and negative outcomes of health (gained BMI). Aim of the study. To compare anthropometric measures of the first grade students in Vilnius and Kaunas counties and to asses links with anthropometric measures of parents. Methods. The object of the study – first grade students of Kaunas and Vilnius counties. Children were weighed and measured and circumferences of waist and hip were measured, too by trained stuff using standardised equipment. Parents completed questionnaire. The main statistical criteria used in the data analysis were: Chi Square (2), Mann-Whitney U, One way ANOVA, post hoc (Bonferoni criteria) tests, and Spearman’s correlation coefficient. Results. There were estimated averages of height and weight of 7 and 8 years old boys and girls. The height averages between boys and girls were significantly different. Obesity and overweight (defined using IOTF cut-off's) prevalence was 17.8 %. The differences of anthropometric measures between Vilnius and Kaunas were not found. Parent–child correlations for height were stronger between fathers than mothers. Odds ratio of obesity/overweight risk was two fold higher in “big” (>4132 g) birth weight in comparison with normal and small birth weight. Conclusions. Anthropometric measures of first grade students varied subject to group of age and sex. There were no statistically significant differences... [to full text]

Aim: To evaluate the primary health care professionals‘ practice of promoting and supporting breastfeeding in Kaunas city. Objectives: 1.) To evaluate knowledge and breastfeeding practice of mothers who have a baby of age less than 1 year; 2.) To evaluate knowledge and activity of primary health care professionals in promoting breastfeeding; 3.) To compare breastfeeding practice promoted by professionals of primary health care centers with breastfeeding practice of mothers; 4.) To compare the activity of primary health care professionals in informing mothers about breastfeeding with mothers’ evaluation of this activity. Method of assessment: Anonymous questionnaire. 407 questionnaires for mothers were distributed in 26 family clinics, GP’s offices (284 questionnaires returned – 69.8 %) and to all primary health care professionals (84 general practitioners and 52 general practice nurses). 51 questionnaire returned – 60.7 % of GP and 40 questionnaires – 76.9 % of general practice nurses. Data analysis was made with Statistical Package for Social Sciences SPSS (12.0 v.). Microsoft Excel was used for diagrams and tables. Results: Only 62.7 % of questioned mothers were breastfed their babies. Only 42.3 % of mothers were breastfed their babies till their age of 6 months. Only 6 % of mothers were trying to breastfeed their babies more often after reduction of milk in breasts; 8.5 % of mothers were breastfed according regimen; 31 % of mothers were giving pacifiers to their... [to full text]