%0 Journal Article %A Ajejas Bazán, María Julia %A Jiménez Trujillo, María Isabel %A Wärnberg, Julia %A Domínguez Fernández, Silvia %A López De Andrés, Ana Isabel %A Pérez Farinós, José Napoleón %T Prevalence of childhook overweight/obesity in Spain 1993-2011 and associated risk factors in 2011 %D 2017 %@ 1699-5198 %U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/100404 %X Abstract Introduction: Childhood obesity is a recognized public health problem. The present work reports the changing prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity in Spanish boys and girls over the period 1993-2011, and examines the risk factors apparent in 2011. Methods: Children with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥ 25 were deemed overweight, and those with a BMI of ≥ 30 were deemed obese. Overweight and obesity was consistently more common among boys than among girls.Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in Spain increased over the study period.Conclusions: According to the 2011 data, children who undertook no physical activity, or whose parents/guardians had a low level of education, showed the highest prevalence of obesity. %~