Relationship Between Obesity and Body Deformities in Young School Age Children

Nikolina Kovačević1, Anđela Čarapić1, Milena Mitrović1

1University of Montenegro, Faculty for Sport and Physical Education, Niksic, Montenegro

Relationship Between Obesity and Body Deformities in Young School Age Children – Review Study

Innov. Technol. Sport Phys. Act. 2023, 2(2), 3-8 DOI: 1 10.56886/itspa.231201

Abstract

The main goal of this research was to find works on the topic “the relationship between obesity and physical deformities in young school age children. Papers were found by searching the scientific database “Google Scholar” using the keywords “obesity”, “postural status”, “body deformities” and “children” in Serbian and English. After the review and application of exclusion criteria (duplicates, papers that do not match the topic), a total of 9 papers were included in the review, which are presented in tabular form (authors, research objective, sample of respondents, statistics, conclusions). Based on the review, it can be concluded that overnutrition and obesity are a risk factor for the occurrence of physical deformities in children of both sexes, especially X legs and flat feet, and have a negative effect on body posture and balance. Given that only one scientific base is included in this review, further research should be conducted in order to collect the most relevant data on this topic.

Keywords

review article, physical deformities, obesity, young school age

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