PMID- 18612872
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20090107
LR  - 20210503
IS  - 1747-7166 (Print)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 3
IP  - 3
DP  - 2008
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 11-year-old children in Cyprus, 
      1997-2003.
PG  - 186-92
LID - 10.1080/17477160701705451 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To report 5-year changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      in 11-year-old children in Cyprus. METHODS: This was a school-based study 
      performed in Cyprus. A total of 14,090 11-year-old children (males: 51.2%), who 
      had been examined in the 1997-8 and 2002-3 school years, were included in the 
      study. The International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-offs were used to define 
      overweight and obese subjects, and logistic regression models were used to 
      estimate 5-year trends. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of overweight children 
      was slightly higher in the second period but this change was not statistically 
      significant. There was only a significant increase in overweight boys in rural 
      areas; odds ratio (OR) (95% confidence interval [CI]) for the 5-year period was 
      1.33 (1.10, 1.62; p = 0.004). The overall relative increase in obesity was 17.9% 
      and the OR (95% CI) was 1.22 (1.07, 1.38; p = 0.003). Although the prevalence of 
      obesity was higher in males in both periods, the relative increase was 
      substantially higher in females, 29.6% vs. 11.4%. The relative increase was also 
      higher in rural (35.9%) compared with urban areas (8.7%); ORs (95% CI) 1.46 
      (1.17, 1.81) vs. 1.10 (0.94, 1.29), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This is the first 
      report documenting increasing rates of obesity among school-aged children in 
      Cyprus. Females and children living in rural areas experienced the most striking 
      increases. The prevalence of overweight increased only in males living in rural 
      areas.
FAU - Savva, Savvas C
AU  - Savva SC
AD  - Research and Education Institute of Child Health, Cyprus. samar1@cytanet.com.cy
FAU - Tornaritis, Michael J
AU  - Tornaritis MJ
FAU - Chadjigeorgiou, Charalambos
AU  - Chadjigeorgiou C
FAU - Kourides, Yiannis A
AU  - Kourides YA
FAU - Siamounki, Maria
AU  - Siamounki M
FAU - Kafatos, Anthony
AU  - Kafatos A
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  - Child
MH  - Cyprus/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Longitudinal Studies
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rural Health/trends
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Time Factors
MH  - Urban Health/trends
EDAT- 2008/07/10 09:00
MHDA- 2009/01/08 09:00
CRDT- 2008/07/10 09:00
PHST- 2008/07/10 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2009/01/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/07/10 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 783624762 [pii]
AID - 10.1080/17477160701705451 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2008;3(3):186-92. doi: 10.1080/17477160701705451.