PMID- 19922059
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100128
LR  - 20091120
IS  - 1747-7174 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 4
DP  - 2009
TI  - Changes in the prevalence of overweight, obesity and thinness in Algerian 
      children between 2001 and 2006.
PG  - 411-3
LID - 10.3109/17477160802596163 [doi]
AB  - Annual cross-sectional studies were performed between 2001 and 2006 in Algeria in 
      order to evaluate the nutritional status and determine the changes in prevalence 
      of categories of nutritional status, according to the International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF) criteria for overweight and obesity and Cole's criteria for 
      thinness. A total of 19 263 children aged 6 to 10 years originating from three 
      economically different areas were enrolled in the study. The overall prevalence 
      of thinness decreased from 34.3% (95% CI: 32.4-36.2) to 24.5% (95% CI: 22.6-26.4) 
      (p<0.0001). Overweight, including obesity, increased from 6.8% (95% CI: 5.7-7.8) 
      to 9.5% (95% CI: 8.2-10.8) (p=0.001) mainly due to overweight excluding obesity. 
      Children in urban areas showed the most marked decrease in thinness and increase 
      in overweight as opposed to those from rural areas where overweight and obesity 
      remained stable over time.
FAU - Oulamara, Hayet
AU  - Oulamara H
AD  - Nutrition and Food Technology Laboratory, INATAA, Mentouri University, 
      Constantine, Algeria.
FAU - Agli, Abdel Nacer
AU  - Agli AN
FAU - Frelut, Marie Laure
AU  - Frelut ML
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
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  - Algeria/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Residence Characteristics
MH  - Thinness/*epidemiology
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2009/11/20 06:00
MHDA- 2010/01/29 06:00
CRDT- 2009/11/20 06:00
PHST- 2009/11/20 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/11/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/01/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/17477160802596163 [pii]
AID - 10.3109/17477160802596163 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2009;4(4):411-3. doi: 10.3109/17477160802596163.