PMID- 20857018
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110228
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 1680-5348 (Electronic)
IS  - 1020-4989 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 1
DP  - 2010 Jul
TI  - [Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: comparison of three 
      classification criteria based on body mass index].
PG  - 30-5
LID - S1020-49892010000700005 [pii]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To describe and compare the nutritional status of children and 
      adolescents using three body mass index (BMI)-based criteria; to analyze the 
      agreement between these criteria in terms of frequency of excess weight; and to 
      investigate if the factors associated with excess weight were similar for the 
      three criteria. METHODS: The following criteria were investigated: 2000 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), 2006 Conde and Monteiro, and 2007 World 
      Health Organization (WHO). Weight, height, and physical fitness were measured in 
      525 students from urban and rural schools, with ages between 7 and 15 years (mean 
      = 11.0 +/- 2.1). The McNemar test, kappa statistics, and Poisson regression were 
      used to evaluate each objective, respectively. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of 
      excess weight (overweight + obesity) was 28.4% with the IOTF, 35.1% with the WHO, 
      and 35.8% with Conde and Monteiro. There were no differences between criteria 
      concerning overall prevalence of excess weight in males and females. However, 
      within each sex, different results were observed for specific age groups, 
      especially between 7 and 9 years. Nevertheless, the agreement (kappa) between the 
      criteria was satisfactory: 0.71 to 0.98, depending on sex and age. The factors 
      associated with excess weight and the strength of associations were similar for 
      the three criteria. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of excess weight obtained with 
      the IOTF was 20% lower than that calculated with the other criteria. Despite the 
      differences between sexes observed for some age groups, the agreement between the 
      three criteria was relatively high, and the factors associated with excess weight 
      were similar. Further studies employing similar methods are required to confirm 
      the present results in different populations of children and adolescents.
FAU - Dumith, Samuel C
AU  - Dumith SC
AD  - Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Programa de Pos-Graduacao em Epidemiologia. 
      scdumith@yahoo.com.br
FAU - Farias Junior, Jose Cazuza
AU  - Farias Junior JC
LA  - por
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TT  - Sobrepeso e obesidade em criancas e adolescentes: comparacao de tres criterios de 
      classificacao baseados no indice de massa corporal.
PL  - United States
TA  - Rev Panam Salud Publica
JT  - Revista panamericana de salud publica = Pan American journal of public health
JID - 9705400
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nutritional Status
MH  - Obesity/classification/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*classification/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
EDAT- 2010/09/22 06:00
MHDA- 2011/03/01 06:00
CRDT- 2010/09/22 06:00
PHST- 2009/08/18 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2010/01/11 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2010/09/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/09/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/03/01 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1020-49892010000700005 [pii]
AID - 10.1590/s1020-49892010000700005 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2010 Jul;28(1):30-5. doi: 
      10.1590/s1020-49892010000700005.