PMID- 20883567
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110121
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 10A
DP  - 2010 Oct
TI  - Overweight and obesity among adolescents in Poland: gender and regional 
      differences.
PG  - 1688-92
LID - 10.1017/S1368980010002235 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Polish 
      adolescents in 2005 using both the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 
      cut-offs and a national reference; to compare this to data collected in 1995; and 
      to assess whether there were differences in overweight or obesity by gender and 
      place of residence in 1995-2005. DESIGN: BMI was calculated from measured height 
      and weight, collected in a cross-sectional study in five regions of Poland in 
      2005. Adolescents were categorised as normal, overweight or obese based on IOTF 
      cut-off values, and by national weight for stature tables, where the 90th and 
      97th percentiles were used as cut-off values for overweight and obesity. SETTING: 
      Population-based study set in Poland. SUBJECTS: A two-stage sampling method was 
      used to recruit 8065 pupils (3980 boys and 4085 girls) aged 13-15 years. RESULTS: 
      The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 12.5 % and 1.9 %, respectively. No 
      significant gender differences were found, either in overweight or obesity. The 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity in 2005 had increased 2 % compared to 1995. 
      Overweight and obesity among adolescents were not related to urban-rural 
      residence, but there were significant regional differences. CONCLUSIONS: 
      Monitoring trends in overweight and obesity among adolescents in all regions of 
      Poland using the same reference criteria is important. Since regional differences 
      in overweight and obesity rates among adolescents were observed both in 1995 and 
      2005, future research should investigate the potential causes of these 
      differences.
FAU - Jodkowska, Maria
AU  - Jodkowska M
AD  - Department of Child and Adolescent Health, Unit of School Medicine, Research 
      Institute of Mother and Child, ul. Kasprzaka 17 A, Warsaw, Poland. 
      maria.jodkowska@imid.med.pl
FAU - Oblacinska, Anna
AU  - Oblacinska A
FAU - Tabak, Izabela
AU  - Tabak I
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Rural Health
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Urban Health
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 - S1368980010002235 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980010002235 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2010 Oct;13(10A):1688-92. doi: 10.1017/S1368980010002235.