PMID- 20175763
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100817
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1651-2227 (Electronic)
IS  - 0803-5253 (Linking)
VI  - 99
IP  - 6
DP  - 2010 Jun
TI  - Overweight and obesity in Norwegian children: prevalence and socio-demographic 
      risk factors.
PG  - 900-5
LID - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01730.x [doi]
AB  - AIM: The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of childhood overweight 
      and obesity and to identify socio-demographic risk factors in Norwegian children. 
      METHODS: The body mass index of 6386 children aged 2-19 years was compared with 
      the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-off values to estimate the 
      prevalence of overweight including obesity (OWOB) and obesity (OB). The effect of 
      socio-demographic factors on this prevalence was analysed using multiple ordinal 
      logistic regression analysis in a subsample of 3793 children. RESULTS: The 
      overall prevalence of OWOB was 13.8% (13.2% in boys and 14.5% in girls, p = 
      0.146), but the prevalence was higher in primary school children aged 6-11 years 
      (17%, p < 0.001). The risk of being OWOB or OB increased in children with fever 
      siblings (p = 0.003) and with lower parental educational level (p = 0.001). There 
      was no association with parental employment status, single-parent families or 
      origin. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of OWOB and OB in Norwegian primary school 
      children is of concern. Socio-demographic factors have pronounced effects on the 
      current prevalence of overweight and obesity in a cohort of Norwegian children. 
      This knowledge could help to work out strategies to reduce the burden of 
      overweight and obesity in children.
FAU - Juliusson, Petur B
AU  - Juliusson PB
AD  - Department of Clinical Medicine, Section of Paediatrics, University of Bergen, 
      Bergen, Norway. petur.juliusson@med.uib.no
FAU - Eide, Geir Egil
AU  - Eide GE
FAU - Roelants, Mathieu
AU  - Roelants M
FAU - Waaler, Per Erik
AU  - Waaler PE
FAU - Hauspie, Roland
AU  - Hauspie R
FAU - Bjerknes, Robert
AU  - Bjerknes R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20100218
PL  - Norway
TA  - Acta Paediatr
JT  - Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
JID - 9205968
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Family Characteristics
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Norway/epidemiology
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2010/02/24 06:00
MHDA- 2010/08/18 06:00
CRDT- 2010/02/24 06:00
PHST- 2010/02/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/02/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/08/18 06:00 [medline]
AID - APA1730 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01730.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Paediatr. 2010 Jun;99(6):900-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01730.x. Epub 
      2010 Feb 18.