PMID- 19825211
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110211
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 1
DP  - 2011 Jan
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 7-9-year-old children in Aveiro, 
      Portugal: comparison between IOTF and CDC references.
PG  - 14-9
LID - 10.1017/S1368980009991789 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren 
      from Aveiro, Portugal, according to two criteria: the International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 
      cut-offs. DESIGN: Weight, height and waist circumference were measured. Using the 
      BMI, gender- and age-specific prevalences of overweight and obesity were 
      determined according to the IOTF cut-offs extrapolated from an adult BMI of 25 
      and 30 kg/m2 and the CDC cut-off values of 85th and 95th BMI percentile. SETTING: 
      Aveiro, Portugal. SUBJECTS: A random representative sample of 905 children (457 
      boys; 448 girls) aged 7-9 years. RESULTS: The prevalence of excess weight 
      (overweight and obesity) was lowest according to IOTF cut-offs compared to CDC 
      (28.1 % v. 31.2 %), especially obesity (8.1 % v. 14.0 %). However, the CDC and 
      IOTF criteria have a strong agreement (Cohen's k = 0.755; P < 0.001). There were 
      significant differences in excess weight between boys and girls according to the 
      CDC (26.9 % v. 35.7 %; P = 0.003). Obese children are younger and the majority 
      present abdominal obesity. CONCLUSIONS: The present study shows a high prevalence 
      of excess weight in Aveiro children, similar to other Portuguese regions and 
      among the highest in Europe, especially in the female gender. The IOTF cut-off 
      values give a lower prevalence of excess weight, namely obesity.
FAU - Pedrosa, Carla
AU  - Pedrosa C
AD  - Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences of University of Porto, Porto, Portugal. 
      capedrosa@gmail.com
FAU - Correia, Flora
AU  - Correia F
FAU - Seabra, Dulce
AU  - Seabra D
FAU - Oliveira, Bruno M P M
AU  - Oliveira BM
FAU - Simoes-Pereira, Carlos
AU  - Simoes-Pereira C
FAU - Vaz-de-Almeida, Maria D
AU  - Vaz-de-Almeida MD
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20091013
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Portugal/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - United States
EDAT- 2009/10/15 06:00
MHDA- 2011/02/12 06:00
CRDT- 2009/10/15 06:00
PHST- 2009/10/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/10/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/02/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1368980009991789 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980009991789 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2011 Jan;14(1):14-9. doi: 10.1017/S1368980009991789. Epub 
      2009 Oct 13.