DEPLOYMENTS OF OBESE, OVERWEIGHT AND ONDERWEIGHT AMONG DAMAZIN TOWN PRIMARY SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN, BLUE NILE REGION 2025-SUDAN

Salah E. I.*, Sid M. A., Mosab El Sakhi Ahmed Edris, Hassan Mohamed Eissa, Abdelrahim M. Abdelrazig

ABSTRACT

Background: primary school age obesity and overweight are increasing in developed countries like the Sudan. Primary school student’s age underweight has been shown to raise a child’s risk of fast weight gain and so obesity, because of life style. Studies concerning obesity among Damazin children are rare. The aim of our study was to assess body mass index of primary school age in Damazin town, Blue Nile region, Sudan. Method: A cross sectional study was conducted in Damazin town in 2025. A total of 140 primary school age students (100 (50 male & 50 female) case and 40 (20male & 20 female) control). Any questionnaire was filled out by the leader of the student family. Anthropometric indexes were measured and categorized according to the Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) – Sudan. Findings: Our findings indicate the distributions of underweight, overweight and obesity among the infants were approximately 32%, 12%, 6% respectively. Conclusion: The last findings of our study show the increase in the deployments of underweight compared to overweight and obesity among Damazin primary school age students.

Keywords: Primary school age students, Obesity, Overweight, underweight, BMI.