PMID- 21157478
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110422
LR  - 20220129
IS  - 1476-5640 (Electronic)
IS  - 0954-3007 (Linking)
VI  - 65
IP  - 2
DP  - 2011 Feb
TI  - Variation in childhood and adolescent obesity prevalence defined by international 
      and country-specific criteria in England and the United States.
PG  - 143-50
LID - 10.1038/ejcn.2010.260 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To compare childhood obesity prevalence in England and the United 
      States using different criteria. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Participants included 2- to 
      17-year olds in the Health Survey for England (HSE, n=33 563) and the US National 
      Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, n=14 540) 1999 through 2006. 
      Mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity were compared using the UK 
      1990, US 2000 Centers for Disease Control and International Obesity Task Force 
      (IOTF) criteria. RESULTS: English children at ages 2-5 years had a higher mean 
      BMI than US children (mean difference (English minus US)=0.41 kg/m(2), 95% 
      confidence intervals (CI) 0.31-0.52). At age >/=8 years, mean BMI was lower in 
      England (for ages 8-11 years, mean difference = -1.00 kg/m(2), 95% CI -1.26 to 
      -0.75; for ages 12-17 years, mean difference = -1.37 kg/m(2), 95% CI -1.59 to 
      -1.14). The IOTF criteria produced the lowest estimates of obesity prevalence. 
      The 2000 Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) criteria produced the 
      highest estimates in younger children and the UK 1990 criteria produced the 
      highest in adolescents. Children aged 2-5 years in England had higher prevalence 
      of obesity than those in the United States when using the 2000 CDC and UK 1990 
      criteria. US adolescents had the highest prevalence of obesity by age group using 
      each of the three criteria. CONCLUSION: The 2000 CDC and UK 1990 criteria give a 
      higher prevalence of obesity in England than in the United States at ages 2-5 
      years; however, at age >/=8 years, the reverse is true. Estimates of childhood 
      obesity prevalence rely on the criteria used, which has implications for 
      surveillance and clinical practice.
FAU - Lang, I A
AU  - Lang IA
AD  - PenCLAHRC, Peninsula Medical School, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.
FAU - Kipping, R R
AU  - Kipping RR
FAU - Jago, R
AU  - Jago R
FAU - Lawlor, D A
AU  - Lawlor DA
LA  - eng
GR  - CDF-2009-02-14/DH_/Department of Health/United Kingdom
GR  - G0600705/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20101215
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Clin Nutr
JT  - European journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 8804070
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - England/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - Obesity/*classification/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/classification/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - United States/epidemiology
EDAT- 2010/12/16 06:00
MHDA- 2011/04/26 06:00
CRDT- 2010/12/16 06:00
PHST- 2010/12/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/12/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/04/26 06:00 [medline]
AID - ejcn2010260 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/ejcn.2010.260 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2011 Feb;65(2):143-50. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2010.260. Epub 2010 Dec 
      15.