PMID- 16679216
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060828
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 0939-4753 (Print)
IS  - 0939-4753 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 4
DP  - 2006 May
TI  - High prevalence of overweight and obesity in 11-15-year-old children from Sicily.
PG  - 249-55
AB  - BACKGROUND AND AIM: To evaluate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 
      children and adolescents from Sicily, we carried out a cross-sectional study in a 
      large cohort of 48,897 (24,119 males and 24,778 females) randomly selected 
      11-15-year-old Sicilian schoolchildren. METHODS AND RESULTS: Anthropometric data 
      (weight and height) were obtained in all children. Urban vs. rural areas were 
      taken into account. Centiles were obtained using the LMS method. Obesity and 
      overweight prevalence were defined using as references both the values of the 
      National Center for Disease Control (CDC 2000) in the United States and those of 
      the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Median body mass index (BMI) values 
      in Sicily were comparable to values observed in South and Center-North Italy. BMI 
      cut-off values in Sicilian children were higher than reference values established 
      in the U.S. CDC growth chart 2000. Using both the IOTF or the U.S. CDC 2000 
      cut-off values the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 11-15-year-old 
      Sicilian children was very high: nearly 40% at age 11 and, although progressively 
      decreasing with age increase, still over 25% at age 15. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity in 11-15-year-old Sicilian schoolchildren is 
      one of the highest ever reported. The prevalence is much higher at a younger age; 
      thereafter it progressively decreases and values tend to reconcile with those 
      observed in other geographical areas at age 14-15.
FAU - Baratta, Roberto
AU  - Baratta R
AD  - Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal and Specialist Medicine, 
      University of Catania Medical School, Garibaldi Hospital, Piazza S. Maria di 
      Gesu, 95123 Catania, Italy.
FAU - Degano, Claudia
AU  - Degano C
FAU - Leonardi, Daniela
AU  - Leonardi D
FAU - Vigneri, Riccardo
AU  - Vigneri R
FAU - Frittitta, Lucia
AU  - Frittitta L
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20060118
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis
JT  - Nutrition, metabolism, and cardiovascular diseases : NMCD
JID - 9111474
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
MH  - Child
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Rural Health
MH  - Sicily/epidemiology
MH  - United States
MH  - Urban Health
EDAT- 2006/05/09 09:00
MHDA- 2006/08/29 09:00
CRDT- 2006/05/09 09:00
PHST- 2005/03/21 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2005/07/21 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2005/07/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/05/09 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/08/29 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/05/09 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0939-4753(05)00183-3 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.07.009 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2006 May;16(4):249-55. doi: 
      10.1016/j.numecd.2005.07.009. Epub 2006 Jan 18.