PMID- 18293848
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080314
LR  - 20080225
IS  - 1426-9686 (Print)
IS  - 1426-9686 (Linking)
VI  - 23
IP  - 136
DP  - 2007 Oct
TI  - [Body mass index in the school age children and youth from the city of Lodz].
PG  - 264-70
AB  - Excessive body mass in children and youth constitutes each year a more increasing 
      problem in our country. Early diagnosis based on current appropriate norms and 
      recommendations of main pediatric and scientific societies appears to be of great 
      importance. THE AIM OF THE STUDY: Percentile distribution of body mass index 
      (BMI) for children and adolescents (aged 7-19 years) dwelling in Lodz were 
      constructed and compared with the norms included in the International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF) project. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A total of 26,542 children and 
      adolescents (13,358 girls and 13,184 boys) participated in the study. 
      Measurements of basic anthropometric parameters were performed and BMI determined 
      in all the subjects. The LMS method was used to construct the BMI percentile 
      distributions. Sex dimorphism of the BMI as well as the differences between the 
      border values of BMI distribution for children from Lodz and the IOTF norms were 
      analysed. RESULTS: The children from Lodz, particularly girls, reveal 
      significantly lower BMI values defining obesity (c95) as compared to the IOTF 
      norms. The maximal difference concerned 18-year-old girls and was 2.62 kg/m2 
      (9.1%). BMI values indicating overweight in the Lodz children (c85) were more 
      similar to the international norms of IOTF (maximal difference around 5%). 
      CONCLUSIONS: The results confirm justifiability of using a local norm as a 
      criterion for evaluation of obesity at the developmental age. Application of the 
      IOTF norms in the assessment of obesity prevalence in children and youth in 
      Poland may be associated with a considerable underestimation of this problem.
FAU - Nawarycz, Tadeusz
AU  - Nawarycz T
AD  - Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lodzi, Zaklad Fizjologii Czlowieka i Biofizyki. 
      tednaw@achilles.wam.lodz.pl
FAU - Ostrowska-Nawarycz, Lidia
AU  - Ostrowska-Nawarycz L
LA  - pol
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Wskaznik masy ciala u dzieci i mlodziezy lodzkiej w wieku szkolnym.
PL  - Poland
TA  - Pol Merkur Lekarski
JT  - Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego
JID - 9705469
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Height
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Poland
MH  - Sex Factors
EDAT- 2008/02/26 09:00
MHDA- 2008/03/15 09:00
CRDT- 2008/02/26 09:00
PHST- 2008/02/26 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/03/15 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/02/26 09:00 [entrez]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pol Merkur Lekarski. 2007 Oct;23(136):264-70.