BACKGROUND: @entity28 may soon be an equally important health threat as undernutrition and @entity166 . Accurate information about prevalence and risk factors of @entity28 in @entity1 is important for the design of prevention. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to estimate prevalence of @entity28 for preschool @entity1 in two Vietnamese areas, one urban and one rural, and to identify risk factors. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study was conducted in urban Dong Da and rural Ba Vi districts, Hanoi, Vietnam. Totally, 2,677 @entity1 , 1,364 urban and 1,313 rural, were weighed and measured. Caregivers were interviewed. Background information about @entity1 and families was obtained from regular household surveys. RESULTS: The prevalence of @entity28 combined were 21.1% (95% CI 18.9-23.3) in the urban area and 7.6% (95% CI 6.2-9.2) in the rural. Multiple logistic regression revealed that at the individual level, in both sites, the risk increased with increased @entity1 age. The identified urban risk factors were being a @entity1 , consuming large amounts of food, eating fast, and indoor activity less than 2 hours per day. The rural risk factors were frequent consumption of fatty food. At the family level, significant association was found in rural areas with frequent watching of food advertisements on television. CONCLUSIONS: Overweight and @entity28 are emerging problems in Vietnam, particularly in the urban context. Prevention programs should focus on education about healthy eating habits at early preschool age and need to be tailored separately for urban and rural areas since the risk factors differ. Non-healthy food advertisement needs to be restricted.

Preschool XXXX in urban and rural Vietnam: differences in prevalence and associated factors.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['child', 'children', 'boy'] @entity166 :: ('MESH:D003141', 'Disease') :: ['infectious diseases'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['Childhood obesity', 'obesity', 'overweight and obesity']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['overweight and obesity']
