OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to investigate physical fitness in relation to fatness in urban and rural Greek children by means of allometric scaling. METHODS The sample consisted of 360 (189 urban and 171 rural; age 12.3+/-0.42 years) boys and 247 (125 urban and 122 rural; age 12.3+/-0.43 years) girls. The sample was highly representative (32-64%) of all 12 year old children registered...

OBJECTIVE To describe patterns of vision care among Medicaid-enrolled children. METHODS We evaluated claims data over a 1-year period among children who were 18 years and younger, living in Michigan, and continuously enrolled in Medicaid but did not have a complex medical condition or were disabled. For this study, vision care comprised eye care services provided by optometrists or ophthalmol...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE House dust mites are the most common cause of sensitization in wheezing children in most parts of the world. The aim of this study was to investigate prevalence of sensitization and the levels of specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) to Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus (Der p) in wheezing children in Taipei city and central rural Taiwan. METHODS A total of 3546 children were en...

Two-fifths of the 279 million children in China are directly affected by the on-going massive internal migration. Using data from a nationally representative survey covering junior high school students in both rural and urban areas, we examine the causal impacts of different migration processes (parental migration, child migration, and hukou conversion) on rural children’s wellbeing measured by...

BACKGROUND In 2010, a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) replaced a 7-valent vaccine (PCV7) that contained all PCV7 serotypes plus 6 additional serotypes (PCV6+). We conducted annual surveys from 2008 to 2012 to determine the effect of PCV13 on colonization by pneumococcal serotypes. METHODS We obtained nasopharyngeal swabs for pneumococcal identification and serotyping from res...

Background: Pediculus capitis or head louse infestation affects millions of children worldwide, especially those in the 5–11 years age group. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of head pediculosis among school children in urban and rural areas of Fars Province, southern Iran. Methods: All school children of age 6-11 yr from both genders in all urban and rural areas of the province wer...

The objectives of the study were to describe the oral health status and treatment needs of the 5- to 6-year-old and 12-year-old children in Southern China; to describe the patterns of oral health behaviors, knowledge, and attitudes among the 12-year-olds; and to assess the effects of socio-behavioral factors on the 12-year-old children's dental caries experiences. The study sample was comprised...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of environmental factors on physical fitness of rural and urban children. METHODS To reveal the differences between physical fitness of children living in urban and rural districts of the Turkish Cypriot population, 3939 nine- to eleven-year-old male primary school children from 90 schools of North Cyprus were tested. Testing pro...

AIM The purpose of this study was to examine the prevalence of dental caries in primary dentition of 5-6-year-old children in urban and rural areas of Jabalpur city. MATERIALS AND METHODS The present cross-sectional study was conducted in the rural and urban areas of Jabalpur city, India. A power analysis was carried out to select a representative sample of 5-6-year-old children (n = 408), 20...

UNLABELLED Objective Despite differences in obesity and ill health between urban and rural areas in the UK being well documented, very little is known about differences in dietary patterns across these areas. The present study aimed to examine whether urban/rural status is associated with dietary patterns in a population-based UK cohort study of children. DESIGN Dietary patterns were obtained...