PMID- 18315886
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080415
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1471-2431 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2431 (Linking)
VI  - 8
DP  - 2008 Mar 4
TI  - The problem of obesity among adolescents in Hong Kong: a comparison using various 
      diagnostic criteria.
PG  - 10
LID - 10.1186/1471-2431-8-10 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: Obesity is now a global epidemic. In this study, we aimed to assess 
      the rates of obesity using several major diagnostic criteria in Chinese school 
      adolescents in Hong Kong. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study. Using a 
      computer-generated coding system, we randomly selected schools from different 
      geographical regions in Hong Kong to obtain a representative sample. Subjects 
      aged 11-18 years of age were randomly selected from different class of the 
      schools. Their rates of obesity according to four different international and 
      local criteria were compared [International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 2000 
      criterion; the Group of China Obesity Task Force (COTF) 2004 criterion; Centers 
      for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 2000 Growth Charts and the Hong Kong 
      Growth Survey (HKGS) charts in 1993]. RESULTS: Of the 2098 adolescents [982 
      (46.8%) boys and 1116 (53.2%) girls], the mean age (+/- SD) was 15.1 +/- 1.8 
      years (range: 11-18 years; median: 15.0 years). The crude rates of obesity were 
      similar based on IOTF, COTF or CDC criteria (boys: 3.9-6.0%, girls: 1.8-3.7%), 
      however, the rate increased to 11-27% if the HKGS charts were used. Obesity rate 
      varied markedly according to age. It decreased from 8-10% among those aged 12-13 
      years to 2-4% among those aged 17-18 years. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of obesity 
      in Hong Kong adolescents using various diagnostic criteria were similar except 
      for the 1993 HKGS criteria, which gave an exceeding high figure. Using the IOTF, 
      COTF or CDC criteria, the adolescent obesity in Hong Kong varied from 1.8% to 
      6.0%.
FAU - Ko, Gary T C
AU  - Ko GT
AD  - The Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity, Hong Kong SAR, China. 
      garyko@cuhk.edu.hk
FAU - Ozaki, Risa
AU  - Ozaki R
FAU - Wong, Gary W K
AU  - Wong GW
FAU - Kong, Alice P S
AU  - Kong AP
FAU - So, Wing-Yee
AU  - So WY
FAU - Tong, Peter C Y
AU  - Tong PC
FAU - Chan, Michael H M
AU  - Chan MH
FAU - Ho, Chung-Shun
AU  - Ho CS
FAU - Lam, Christopher W K
AU  - Lam CW
FAU - Chan, Juliana C N
AU  - Chan JC
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20080304
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Pediatr
JT  - BMC pediatrics
JID - 100967804
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Hong Kong/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Factors
PMC - PMC2276189
EDAT- 2008/03/05 09:00
MHDA- 2008/04/16 09:00
PMCR- 2008/03/04
CRDT- 2008/03/05 09:00
PHST- 2007/07/24 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2008/03/04 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2008/03/05 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/04/16 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/03/05 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2008/03/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1471-2431-8-10 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/1471-2431-8-10 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Pediatr. 2008 Mar 4;8:10. doi: 10.1186/1471-2431-8-10.