IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v12y2015i12p14998-15539d60153.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Association of Vitamin A Status with Overnutrition in Children and Adolescents

Author

Listed:
  • Chun Yang

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Jing Chen

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Zhen Liu

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Chunfeng Yun

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Yajie Li

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Jianhua Piao

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

  • Xiaoguang Yang

    (Key Laboratory of Trace Element Nutrition, National Health and Family Planning Commission of China, Department of Trace Element Nutrition, National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China)

Abstract

This study was conducted to examine the possible association between vitamin A status and overnutrition in Chinese urban children and adolescents. Weight, height and serum retinol were assessed in total 3457 children (7–9.9 years of age) and adolescents (10–17 years of age), using urban region data from the China National Nutrition and Health Survey 2010–2013 (CHNNS2010-2013) which is a nationally representative cross-sectional study. Prevalence of low serum concentration of retinol was 26.8% and 12.24% for overweight. Retinol inadequacy was significantly higher in children (32.13%) than in adolescents (24.48%). The average of retinol was significantly higher in overnutrified 42.32 μg/dL versus non-overnutrified 41.05 μg/dL ( p = 0.00) children and adolescents. Overnutrified children and adolescents presented a greater chance of an increase in serum concentration of retinol (odds ratio 1.34, 95% confidence interval 1.10–1.63, and 1.48, 95% confidence interval (1.26–1.74) when compared with non-overnutrified children. An important correspondence between vitamin A deficiency and overnutrition was found. Non-overnutrified children and adolescents may have a greater chance of presenting low concentrations of retinol. Future public health strategies focused on the overnutrified population and vitamin A supplements should consider the effect of retinol on urban children and adolescents in China.

Suggested Citation

  • Chun Yang & Jing Chen & Zhen Liu & Chunfeng Yun & Yajie Li & Jianhua Piao & Xiaoguang Yang, 2015. "Association of Vitamin A Status with Overnutrition in Children and Adolescents," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 12(12), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:12:p:14998-15539:d:60153
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/12/14998/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/12/14998/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Zhangbin Yu & Shuping Han & Jiahui Chu & Zhongya Xu & Chun Zhu & Xirong Guo, 2012. "Trends in Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in China from 1981 to 2010: A Meta-Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(12), pages 1-14, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Peng Nie & Alfonso Sousa-Poza, 2014. "Maternal employment and childhood obesity in China: evidence from the China Health and Nutrition Survey," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(20), pages 2418-2428, July.
    2. Peng Jia & Hong Xue & Ji Zhang & Youfa Wang, 2017. "Time Trend and Demographic and Geographic Disparities in Childhood Obesity Prevalence in China—Evidence from Twenty Years of Longitudinal Data," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 14(4), pages 1-9, March.
    3. Nie, Peng & Ding, Lanlin & Sousa-Poza, Alfonso, 2019. "Obesity inequality and the changing shape of the bodyweight distribution in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 58(C).
    4. Guiju Sun & Genmei Jia & Honglei Peng & Barbra Dickerman & Charlene Compher & Jianghong Liu, 2015. "Trends of Childhood Obesity in China and Associated Factors," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 24(2), pages 156-171, April.
    5. Yaru Guo & Xiaojian Yin & Huipan Wu & Xiaojiang Chai & Xiaofang Yang, 2019. "Trends in Overweight and Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in China from 1991 to 2015: A Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-19, November.
    6. Simeng Wang & Qi Sun & Lingling Zhai & Yinglong Bai & Wei Wei & Lihong Jia, 2019. "The Prevalence of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms among Overweight/Obese and Non-Overweight/Non-Obese Children/Adolescents in China: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-17, January.
    7. Gomula, Aleksandra & Nowak-Szczepanska, Natalia & Danel, Dariusz P. & Koziel, Slawomir, 2015. "Overweight trends among Polish schoolchildren before and after the transition from communism to capitalism," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 19(C), pages 246-257.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:12:y:2015:i:12:p:14998-15539:d:60153. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.