TY - JOUR AU1 - Maciałczyk-Paprocka, Katarzyna AU2 - Stawińska-Witoszyńska, Barbara AU3 - Kotwicki, Tomasz AU4 - Sowińska, Anna AU5 - Krzyżaniak, Alicja AU6 - Walkowiak, Jarosław AU7 - Krzywińska-Wiewiorowska, Małgorzata AU8 - AB - Eur J Pediatr (2017) 176:563–572 DOI 10.1007/s00431-017-2873-4 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Prevalence of incorrect body posture in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity 1 2 Katarzyna Maciałczyk-Paprocka & Barbara Stawińska-Witoszyńska & 3 4 2 5 Tomasz Kotwicki & Anna Sowińska & Alicja Krzyżaniak & Jarosław Walkowiak & Małgorzata Krzywińska-Wiewiorowska Received: 1 March 2016 /Revised: 5 February 2017 /Accepted: 7 February 2017 /Published online: 22 February 2017 The Author(s) 2017. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Conclusion: The most common postural deviations in Abstract The ever increasing epidemics of overweight and obesity in school children may be one of the reasons of the obese children and adolescents were valgus knees and flat feet. Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, pre- growing numbers of children with incorrect body posture. The purpose of the study was the assessment of the prevalence of disposing to higher incidence of some types of postural errors, call for prevention programs addressing both health problems. incorrect body posture in children and adolescents with over- weight and obesity in Poznań, Poland. The population subject to study consisted of 2732 boys and girls aged 3–18 with obesity, What is Known: overweight, and standard body mass. The TI - Prevalence of incorrect body posture in children and adolescents with overweight and obesity JF - European Journal of Pediatrics DO - 10.1007/s00431-017-2873-4 DA - 2017-02-22 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/prevalence-of-incorrect-body-posture-in-children-and-adolescents-with-IrPkqDj9DD DP - DeepDyve ER -