Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children aged 2–5 years in Bahrain: A comparison between two reference standards
| Autor: | Abdulrahman O. Musaiger, Reshma D'Souza, Ghada Y. Al-Raees, Maryam A. Al-Amer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Research methodology Population Who standards Developing country Overweight World Health Organization World health Body Mass Index Sex Factors Predictive Value of Tests Environmental health Prevalence medicine Humans Obesity education Reference standards education.field_of_study Nutrition and Dietetics Anthropometry business.industry Health Policy Body Weight Age Factors Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Reference Standards medicine.disease Body Height Cross-Sectional Studies Child Preschool Bahrain Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Pediatric Obesity. 4:414-416 |
| ISSN: | 1747-7174 1747-7166 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/17477160902763325 |
| Popis: | A cross-sectional study was carried out on Bahraini preschoolers aged 2-5 years (354 males and 344 females) to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity using the World Health Organization and the International Obesity Task Force cut-off values. Weight and height were recorded and body mass index (BMI) was calculated to determine the proportion of overweight and obesity. Using the World Health Organization percentile cut-off values, overweight (12.3%) and obesity (8.4%) was higher in females between 2 and4 years of age whereas, the proportion of both overweight (8.4%) and obesity (7.2%) were higher in males between 4 and6 years of age. Relative to the International Obesity Task Force indicators, the World Health Organization cut-off values produced nearly a 2-fold increase in both overweight and obesity at most ages. It is therefore important to ensure that the same cut-off reference values are used to define overweight and obesity particularly in preschoolers. Shifting to the new World Health Organization child growth standards may have important implications for child health programmes. |
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