PMID- 20883566
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110121
LR  - 20220408
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 10A
DP  - 2010 Oct
TI  - Availability of data assessing the prevalence and trends of overweight and 
      obesity among European adolescents.
PG  - 1680-7
LID - 10.1017/S1368980010002223 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To review recent data on objectively measured overweight/obesity in 
      national representative samples of European adolescents (aged 10-18 years), as 
      well as availability of studies assessing trends in overweight/obesity in this 
      target group. Attention was paid to the ability of the data to describe the 
      obesity epidemic, especially in sociodemographic subgroups. 
      DESIGN/SETTING/SUBJECTS: Data on prevalence and trends in overweight/obesity 
      among adolescents in the twenty-seven European Community member states, Iceland, 
      Norway and Switzerland, available as scientific publications as well as reports 
      or unpublished data by the end of 2009, were retrieved. Reports on the most 
      recent objectively measured data from national representative samples were 
      selected and described with regard to the years of data collection, sample sizes, 
      response rates, age ranges included, trends by age, type of measures of 
      overweight/obesity, sociodemographic variables and the sources of information. 
      RESULTS: Objectively measured data on national representative samples were 
      identified for only half of the countries, and the trend studies were mainly 
      conducted applying subnational samples. Most studies used the criteria from the 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) to define overweight/obesity, but the age 
      ranges studied and the years of data collection varied, and information on sample 
      sizes and response rates were often not presented. Data on trends of 
      overweight/obesity over time are increasing, and the most recent studies indicate 
      that the prevalence rate of overweight/obesity has stabilized. Few studies 
      reported data by sociodemographic subgroups other than gender and age. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Objectively measured data on national representative samples of 
      adolescents appear scattered, and there is a large heterogeneity with respect to 
      the quality and comparability of available data. Increasing use of the IOTF 
      criteria for overweight/obesity contributes to improved comparability across 
      studies. Data by sociodemographic subgroups, and in particular by socio-economic 
      status, are scarce.
FAU - Lien, Nanna
AU  - Lien N
AD  - Faculty of Medicine, Department of Nutrition, Institute for Basic Medical 
      Sciences, University of Oslo, PO Box 1046 Blindern, N-0316 Oslo, Norway. 
      nanna.lien@medisin.uio.no
FAU - Henriksen, Hege B
AU  - Henriksen HB
FAU - Nymoen, Lena L
AU  - Nymoen LL
FAU - Wind, Marianne
AU  - Wind M
FAU - Klepp, Knut-Inge
AU  - Klepp KI
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PT  - Review
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Child
MH  - Epidemics
MH  - Europe/epidemiology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
EDAT- 2010/10/05 06:00
MHDA- 2011/01/22 06:00
CRDT- 2010/10/02 06:00
PHST- 2010/10/02 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/10/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/22 06:00 [medline]
AID - S1368980010002223 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980010002223 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2010 Oct;13(10A):1680-7. doi: 10.1017/S1368980010002223.