PMID- 20210678
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100809
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1747-7174 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 5
IP  - 3
DP  - 2010 May 3
TI  - Canadian childhood obesity estimates based on WHO, IOTF and CDC cut-points.
PG  - 265-73
LID - 10.3109/17477160903268282 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: This article compares prevalence estimates of excess weight among 
      Canadian children and youth according to three sets of body mass index (BMI) 
      reference cut-points. The cut-points are based on growth curves generated by the 
      World Health Organization (WHO), the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), and 
      the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A secondary objective is to compare 
      estimates by method of data collection. METHODS: Prevalence estimates of 
      overweight and obesity were produced for 2- to 17-year-olds using the three sets 
      of BMI cut-points. Estimates are based on data from 8 661 respondents from the 
      2004 Canadian Community Health Survey and 1 840 respondents from the 1978/79 
      Canada Health Survey. In both surveys, the height and weight of children were 
      measured. RESULTS: The 2004 prevalence estimate for the combined overweight/obese 
      category is higher (35%) when based on the WHO cut-points compared with the IOTF 
      (26%) or CDC (28%) cut-points. Estimates of the prevalence of obesity are similar 
      based on WHO and CDC cut-points (13%), but lower when based on IOTF cut-points 
      (8%). Absolute differences in excess weight estimates between 1978/79 and 2004 
      are similar based on the three sets of cut-points, but the relative increase is 
      greater when based on the IOTF cut-points. Estimates vary substantially by method 
      of data collection. CONCLUSION: When interpreting prevalence estimates of 
      overweight and obesity for children and youth, it is important to consider the 
      definitions used and the method of data collection.
FAU - Shields, Margot
AU  - Shields M
AD  - Health Information and Research Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 
      Canada. Margot.Shields@statcan.gc.ca
FAU - Tremblay, Mark S
AU  - Tremblay MS
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  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Canada/epidemiology
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - *World Health Organization
EDAT- 2010/03/10 06:00
MHDA- 2010/08/10 06:00
CRDT- 2010/03/10 06:00
PHST- 2010/03/10 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/03/10 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/08/10 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/17477160903268282 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010 May 3;5(3):265-73. doi: 10.3109/17477160903268282.