PMID- 17572934
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080410
LR  - 20190918
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Jan
TI  - Misperceptions, inactivity and maternal factors may drive obesity among Barbadian 
      adolescents.
PG  - 41-8
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To describe (1) the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their 
      association with physical activity; (2) the effect of different cut-off points 
      for body mass index (BMI) on weight status categorisation; and (3) associations 
      of weight status with perceptions of body size, health and diet quality. DESIGN: 
      A cross-sectional study. SETTING: Secondary schools in Barbados. SUBJECTS: A 
      cohort of 400 schoolchildren, 11-16 years old, selected to study physical 
      education practices. RESULTS: Prevalence of overweight (15% boys; 17% girls) and 
      obesity (7% boys; 12% girls) was high. Maternal obesity, as defined by the 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) BMI cut-off points, predicted weight 
      status such that reporting an obese mother increased the odds of being overweight 
      by 5.25 (95% confidence interval: 2.44, 11.31). Physical activity was inversely 
      associated with weight status; however levels were low. Recreational physical 
      activity was not associated with weight status in either category. Overweight 
      subjects tended to misclassify themselves as normal weight and those who 
      misclassified perceived themselves to be of similar health status to 
      normal-weight subjects. The National Center for Health Statistics and IOTF BMI 
      cut-off points produced different estimates of overweight and obesity. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that inadequate physical activity and ignorance 
      related to food and appropriate body size are promoting high levels of adiposity 
      with a strong contribution from maternal obesity, which may be explained by 
      perinatal and other intergenerational effects acting on both sexes. Prevalence 
      studies and local proxy tools for adiposity assessment are needed.
FAU - Gaskin, Pamela S
AU  - Gaskin PS
AD  - University of the West Indies, School of Clinical Medicine and Research, Queen 
      Elizabeth Hospital, Bridgetown, Barbados. pamela.gaskin@uwichill.edu.bb
FAU - Broome, Hedy
AU  - Broome H
FAU - Alert, Colin
AU  - Alert C
FAU - Fraser, Henry
AU  - Fraser H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20070618
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adolescent Behavior/*psychology
MH  - Barbados/epidemiology
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - *Exercise
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Linear Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Mothers
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology/psychology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Schools
MH  - Self Concept
MH  - Sex Distribution
EDAT- 2007/06/19 09:00
MHDA- 2008/04/11 09:00
CRDT- 2007/06/19 09:00
PHST- 2007/06/19 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/04/11 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/06/19 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1368980007000195 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980007000195 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2008 Jan;11(1):41-8. doi: 10.1017/S1368980007000195. Epub 
      2007 Jun 18.