PMID- 17763010
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070918
LR  - 20220316
IS  - 1747-7166 (Print)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 2
IP  - 1
DP  - 2007
TI  - Obesity in a provincial population of Canadian preschool children: differences 
      between 1984 and 1997 birth cohorts.
PG  - 51-7
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To determine whether trends of increasing overweight and obesity 
      reported for older children and adults are evident in Canadian preschoolers. 
      METHODS: A sample of 3857 preschool-aged children (51.1% boys) in the Province of 
      Newfoundland and Labrador, born in 1984 and measured in 1987-1989, was selected 
      from government archival records. The sample of 4161 children (50.1% boys), born 
      in 1997 and measured in 2000-2002, was obtained from regional health authority 
      records. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using heights and weights measured 
      by nurses. Overweight and obesity prevalence was estimated according to the 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the Centres for Disease Control (CDC) 
      methods. RESULTS: Combined rates of overweight and obesity were significantly 
      higher in preschoolers born in 1997 (25.6% IOTF and 36.0% CDC) than in 1984 
      (16.9% IOTF and 25.1% CDC), when levels were already high. There were some 
      differences between sexes and classification systems. CONCLUSION: The relatively 
      rapid rise in overweight and obesity in children as young as 3.5 years, in little 
      more than a decade, underscores the immediate need for monitoring, and 
      implementation of effective interventions. Overweight and obesity in preschool 
      children is not new, but has become increasingly prevalent, and requires 
      population-based strategies.
FAU - Canning, Patricia
AU  - Canning P
AD  - Centre of Excellence for Children and Adolescents with Special Needs and the 
      Faculty of Education, Memorial University, St. John's, NL, Canada. 
      pcanning@mun.ca
FAU - Courage, Mary L
AU  - Courage ML
FAU - Frizzell, Lynn M
AU  - Frizzell LM
FAU - Seifert, Tim
AU  - Seifert T
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Pediatr Obes
JT  - International journal of pediatric obesity : IJPO : an official journal of the 
      International Association for the Study of Obesity
JID - 101256330
SB  - IM
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Child Welfare/*trends
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cohort Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - *Overweight
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rural Population/*statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2007/09/01 09:00
MHDA- 2007/09/19 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/01 09:00
PHST- 2007/09/01 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/09/19 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/01 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 771156141 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/17477160601124613 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2007;2(1):51-7. doi: 10.1080/17477160601124613.