Overnutrition and the level of school anxiety in students

Objective: to study the relationship of overnutrition with the level of school anxiety of schoolchildren. Material and methods. The observation group - 46 schoolchildren with body mass index (BMI) above +1 SD, the comparison group - 138 schoolchildren with BMI below +1 SD. A comparative analysis of the content of cortisol and serotonin of blood serum, heart rate variability and the test parameters School Anxiety Scale of Phillips ware carried out. Results. In children of the observation group regarding the comparison group, the level of cortisol was 1.2 times higher, a high activity of the sympathetic department of autonomic regulation (p