PMID- 12947441
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20040210
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 0954-3007 (Print)
IS  - 0954-3007 (Linking)
VI  - 57
IP  - 9
DP  - 2003 Sep
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Greek school-aged children and 
      adolescents.
PG  - 1189-92
AB  - The aim of the present study, which was part of the Health Behavior in School 
      Aged Children (HBSC) study, was to provide national estimates for overweight and 
      obesity in Greek school-aged children and adolescents. A nationwide multistage 
      procedure was followed to obtain a representative sample of children and 
      adolescents aged 11.5, 13.5 and 15.5 y. The resultant sample consisted of 4299 
      students, 51.3% girls and 48.7% boys. Self-reported weight and height data were 
      used. According to the body mass index cutoff points adopted by the International 
      Obesity Task Force (IOTF), 9.1% of girls and 21.7% of boys were classified as 
      overweight, and 1.2% of girls and 2.5% of boys as obese. Corresponding values 
      using CDC growth charts were 8.1% of girls and 18.8% of boys for overweight, and 
      1.7% of girls and 5.8% of boys for obese. Compared to most other western 
      countries, the prevalence of obesity is lower in Greek children aged 11-16 y.
FAU - Karayiannis, D
AU  - Karayiannis D
AD  - Laboratory of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics, Harokopio University, Athens, 
      Greece.
FAU - Yannakoulia, M
AU  - Yannakoulia M
FAU - Terzidou, M
AU  - Terzidou M
FAU - Sidossis, L S
AU  - Sidossis LS
FAU - Kokkevi, A
AU  - Kokkevi A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Clin Nutr
JT  - European journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 8804070
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Height/physiology
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight/physiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Greece/epidemiology
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Distribution
EDAT- 2003/08/30 05:00
MHDA- 2004/02/11 05:00
CRDT- 2003/08/30 05:00
PHST- 2003/08/30 05:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2004/02/11 05:00 [medline]
PHST- 2003/08/30 05:00 [entrez]
AID - 1601743 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601743 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003 Sep;57(9):1189-92. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601743.