Overweight and Underweight Prevalence Trends in Children from Romania - Pooled Analysis of Cross-Sectional Studies between 2006 and 2015
| Autor: | Carmen Barbu, Raluca Pop, Mihai Gafencu, Mihaela Balgradean, Veronica Mocanu, Simona Fica, Michaela Dobre, Elena Eliza Cinteza, Ionela Pascanu, Simona Tatar, Adela Chirita-Emandi, Gabriela Ichim, Bianca Ioana Chesaru, Maria Puiu |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Rural Population Gerontology medicine.medical_specialty Health (social science) Adolescent Urban Population Cross-sectional study Public Policy lcsh:TX341-641 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Environment Overweight Social Environment Body Mass Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Thinness Risk Factors Physiology (medical) Ethnicity Odds Ratio medicine Humans Obesity 030212 general & internal medicine Child Children lcsh:RC620-627 Male gender Schools Romania business.industry Public health Odds ratio medicine.disease lcsh:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Pooled analysis Female Original Article medicine.symptom Underweight business lcsh:Nutrition. Foods and food supply Demography |
| Zdroj: | Obesity Facts, Vol 9, Iss 3, Pp 206-220 (2016) Obesity Facts |
| ISSN: | 1662-4033 1662-4025 |
| DOI: | 10.1159/000444173 |
| Popis: | Aim: High-quality national representative data on obesity in Romanian children are needed to shape public health policies. To provide a unified data landscape on national prevalence, trends and other factors associated with underweight, overweight, and obesity in Romanian children aged 6-19 years, across the last decade (2006-2015). Methods: Using a common protocol, we selected published and unpublished studies that measured Romanian children in schools between 2006 and 2015. Children's BMI was classified using the current WHO, IOTF, and CDC references. Results: 25,060 children from 8 Romanian counties were included in the analysis. The prevalence of underweight children was 5%/4.5%/8.5% (WHO/IOTF/CDC), while the prevalence of overweight (including obese) children was 28.3%/23%/23.2% (WHO/IOTF/CDC). The prevalence of overweight children did not change significantly over the last decade (chi-square test p = 0.6). Male gender (odds ratio (OR) 1.37; 95% CI 1.29-1.45, compared to female); prepubertal age (OR = 3.86; 95% CI 3.41-4.36,compared to postpubertal age), and urban environment (OR 1.12; 95% CI 1.01-1.26, compared to rural environment) had higher risk for overweight. Conclusion: While the prevalence of underweight children was low, almost one in four children in Romania was overweight or obese (according to WHO criteria) between 2006 and 2015. This prevalence remained relatively stable over the last decade. Male gender, prepubertal age, and urban environment, were the most relevant risk factors associated with overweight status in Romanian children. |
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