Children obesity in Reykjavik 5. desember 2006 09:56 New research was conducted on children‘s weight in Reykjavik from the age six to fourteen years old, and the results show that there is connection between children‘s weight and their parents social status. Numbers in obesity is higher in neighborhoods where parents are uneducated and neighborhoods where the level of education is higher show less weight problem. Schools in Breiðholt, Kópavogur and Árbær have the worst results where 30% of children are obese. Schools in Hlíðar, Fossvogur, Seltjarnarnes and Grafarvogur show best results, with the rate of 13 to 14%. Results can be seen at www.heilsugaeslan.is News News in English Mest lesið Fékk ekkert símtal frá gömlu vinnufélögunum Innlent „Það er mikil reiði í Grafarvoginum út af þessu“ Innlent Gary Busey dæmdur fyrir kynferðisbrot Erlent Íslendingur grunaður um morð í Svíþjóð Erlent Ísland rampar upp Úkraínu Innlent Drógu vélarvana togara í land Innlent Ísland gegnir formennsku í Norræna blaðamannasambandinu Innlent Stefán Einar greiðir fyrir umdeilda boli Innlent Segir lítið til í orðum ráðherra Innlent Karlmaður á fertugsaldri fannst látinn í Hafnarfirði Innlent
New research was conducted on children‘s weight in Reykjavik from the age six to fourteen years old, and the results show that there is connection between children‘s weight and their parents social status. Numbers in obesity is higher in neighborhoods where parents are uneducated and neighborhoods where the level of education is higher show less weight problem. Schools in Breiðholt, Kópavogur and Árbær have the worst results where 30% of children are obese. Schools in Hlíðar, Fossvogur, Seltjarnarnes and Grafarvogur show best results, with the rate of 13 to 14%. Results can be seen at www.heilsugaeslan.is
News News in English Mest lesið Fékk ekkert símtal frá gömlu vinnufélögunum Innlent „Það er mikil reiði í Grafarvoginum út af þessu“ Innlent Gary Busey dæmdur fyrir kynferðisbrot Erlent Íslendingur grunaður um morð í Svíþjóð Erlent Ísland rampar upp Úkraínu Innlent Drógu vélarvana togara í land Innlent Ísland gegnir formennsku í Norræna blaðamannasambandinu Innlent Stefán Einar greiðir fyrir umdeilda boli Innlent Segir lítið til í orðum ráðherra Innlent Karlmaður á fertugsaldri fannst látinn í Hafnarfirði Innlent