PMID- 20123259
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100510
LR  - 20100203
IS  - 1879-1972 (Electronic)
IS  - 1054-139X (Linking)
VI  - 46
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jan
TI  - Body weight statuses and their sociodemographic correlates among adolescents in 
      southern Taiwan: results using two sets of cutoff references.
PG  - 62-9
LID - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.05.015 [doi]
AB  - PURPOSE: To examine the differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      based on the cutoff references established by the International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF) and the Working Group on Obesity in China (WGOC), the prevalence of 
      underweight on the IOTF reference, and the sociodemographic correlates of body 
      weight statuses in Taiwanese adolescents. METHODS: Overweight and obesity in 
      10,371 Taiwanese adolescents were determined by the IOTF and WGOC cutoff 
      references for body mass index (BMI). Underweight was determined by the IOTF. The 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity using the IOTF standard were compared to 
      those using the WGOC standard. Associations of body weight statuses with gender, 
      age, residential status, and parental education level were also examined. 
      RESULTS: Using the IOTF standard, 3.4% were underweight, 15.2% were overweight, 
      and 6.1% obese, whereas 14.1% were considered overweight and 8.7% were obese by 
      the WGOC standard. For both genders, more adolescents were classified as 
      overweight by the IOTF standard and as obese by the WGOC standard. Although 
      females were more likely to be underweight than males, males were more likely to 
      be overweight or obese than females. For both genders, although older age 
      increased the risk of being underweight, younger age increased the risk of being 
      overweight or obese. For males, living in urban areas was associated with being 
      overweight, and low paternal education level was associated with being obese. 
      CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of overweight and obesity may differ depending on the 
      reference standard consulted. Paternal education level and urbanicity were 
      associated with gender differences in the proportion of adolescents who were 
      overweight or obese.
CI  - Copyright 2010 Society for Adolescent Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All 
      rights reserved.
FAU - Yen, Cheng-Fang
AU  - Yen CF
AD  - Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung 
      Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
FAU - Hsiao, Ray C
AU  - Hsiao RC
FAU - Yen, Ju-Yu
AU  - Yen JY
FAU - Ko, Chih-Hung
AU  - Ko CH
FAU - Liu, Shu-Chun
AU  - Liu SC
FAU - Huang, Chi-Fen
AU  - Huang CF
FAU - Wang, Shing-Yaw
AU  - Wang SY
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20090728
PL  - United States
TA  - J Adolesc Health
JT  - The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for 
      Adolescent Medicine
JID - 9102136
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight/*physiology
MH  - Child
MH  - *Demography
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Social Class
MH  - Taiwan
EDAT- 2010/02/04 06:00
MHDA- 2010/05/11 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/04 06:00
PHST- 2008/11/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2009/04/16 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2009/05/29 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/02/04 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/04 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/05/11 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1054-139X(09)00217-1 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.05.015 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Adolesc Health. 2010 Jan;46(1):62-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.05.015. 
      Epub 2009 Jul 28.