PMID- 21158695
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111028
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 1747-7174 (Electronic)
IS  - 1747-7166 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2-2
DP  - 2011 Jun
TI  - Overweight and obesity prevalence and body mass index trends in Indian children.
PG  - e216-24
LID - 10.3109/17477166.2010.541463 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To estimate prevalence of overweight and obesity in apparently 
      healthy children from five zones of India in the age group of 2 to 17 years and 
      to examine trends in body mass index (BMI) during the last two decades with 
      respect to published growth data. METHODS: A multicentric study was conducted in 
      eleven affluent urban schools from five geographical zones of India. A total of 
      20 243 children (1 823 - central zone, 2 092 - east zone, 5 526 - north zone, 3 
      357 - south zone, and 7 445 - west zone) in the age group of 2-17 years were 
      studied. Height and weight were measured and BMI was calculated (kg/m(2)). WHO 
      Anthro plus was used to calculate Z-scores for height, weight and BMI. A 
      comparison between study population and previously available nationally 
      representative (1989) data was performed for each age-sex group. International 
      Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and WHO cut-offs were used to calculate the percentage 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity. RESULTS: The overall prevalence of 
      overweight and obesity was 18.2% by the IOTF classification and 23.9% by the WHO 
      standards. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in boys than 
      girls. Mean BMI values were significantly higher than those reported in the 1989 
      data from 5-17 years at all ages and for both sexes. CONCLUSION: The rising trend 
      of BMI in Indian children and adolescents observed in this multicentric study 
      rings alarm bells in terms of associated adverse health consequences in 
      adulthood.
FAU - Khadilkar, V V
AU  - Khadilkar VV
AD  - Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Jehangir Hospital, Pune, 
      Maharashtra, India. akhadilkar@vsnl.net
FAU - Khadilkar, A V
AU  - Khadilkar AV
FAU - Cole, T J
AU  - Cole TJ
FAU - Chiplonkar, S A
AU  - Chiplonkar SA
FAU - Pandit, Deepa
AU  - Pandit D
LA  - eng
GR  - G0700961/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20101216
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  - Age Factors
MH  - Body Height
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Chi-Square Distribution
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - India/epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2010/12/17 06:00
MHDA- 2011/10/29 06:00
CRDT- 2010/12/17 06:00
PHST- 2010/12/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/12/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/10/29 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.3109/17477166.2010.541463 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jun;6(2-2):e216-24. doi: 10.3109/17477166.2010.541463. 
      Epub 2010 Dec 16.