PMID- 18069397
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080204
LR  - 20071211
IS  - 0033-2100 (Print)
IS  - 0033-2100 (Linking)
VI  - 61
IP  - 3
DP  - 2007
TI  - [Assessment of Polish adolescents overweight and obesity using three different 
      research tools].
PG  - 585-92
AB  - The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      in Polish adolescents aged 13-15 years using three research tools: 1. BMI > or = 
      85th (overweight) and BMI > or = 95th percentiles (obesity) using Polish national 
      reference data, 2. WHO standard, 3. International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 
      standard. Height and weight were measured in randomly selected group of over 8000 
      adolescents in 5 regions in Poland. The prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      using these tools was similar--about 13%. The prevalence of obesity ranged from 
      2.2 to 4.5%, depending on the methods used. We found underestimation for obesity 
      especially in girls using international standards. WHO and IOTF standards are 
      useful to estimate overweight and obesity to international comparisons. For 
      national use: clinical and epidemiological Polish references data and definition 
      BMI > or = 85th (overweight) and BMI > or = 95th percentiles (obesity) are better 
      tools.
FAU - Jodkowska, Maria
AU  - Jodkowska M
AD  - Zakladu Ochrony i Promocji Zdrowia Dzieci i Mlodziezy Instytutu Matki i Dziecka w 
      Warszawie. maria.jodkowska@imid.med.pl
FAU - Tabak, Izabela
AU  - Tabak I
FAU - Oblacinska, Anna
AU  - Oblacinska A
LA  - pol
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
TT  - Ocena czestosci wystepowania nadwagi i otylosci u mlodziezy w wieku 13-15 lat w 
      Polsce przy zastosowaniu trzech roznych narzedzi badawczych.
PL  - Poland
TA  - Przegl Epidemiol
JT  - Przeglad epidemiologiczny
JID - 0413725
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adolescent Health Services/organization & administration
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mass Screening/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Standards
MH  - *Skinfold Thickness
MH  - *Waist-Hip Ratio
MH  - World Health Organization
EDAT- 2007/12/12 09:00
MHDA- 2008/02/05 09:00
CRDT- 2007/12/12 09:00
PHST- 2007/12/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/02/05 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/12/12 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Przegl Epidemiol. 2007;61(3):585-92.