PMID- 21302397
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110301
LR  - 20130211
IS  - 0125-2208 (Print)
IS  - 0125-2208 (Linking)
VI  - 93 Suppl 2
DP  - 2010 Feb
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children in suburb Thailand 
      defined by the International Obesity Task Force Standard. [corrected].
PG  - S27-31
AB  - BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity is an emerging problem among children 
      worldwide. Body mass index (BMI) is widely used to define overweight and obesity 
      as it correlates well with high accuracy to measure body fatness. OBJECTIVE: Aim 
      of the present study is to determine the prevalence of obesity in Thai school 
      children by using the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) standard. MATERIAL 
      AND METHOD: The school based cross-sectional study was conducted in 1,140 
      children aged 6-15 years in Ongkharak, Thailand. Anthropometric measurements 
      including weight and height were obtained to determine BMI. The results were 
      analyzed statistically by applying student t-test, and Chi-square test. RESULTS: 
      The prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children in suburb Thailand 
      was 12.8% and 9.4%, respectively. There were no significant differences in 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity between gender splits and between age 
      specific groups. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has been 
      dramatically increasing among Thai children. Further long-term follow-up studies 
      are required to determine the growth pattern of children with higher BMI for age 
      and to survey for obesity-related co-morbid condition in Thai children.
FAU - Rerksuppaphol, Sanguansak
AU  - Rerksuppaphol S
AD  - Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Srinakharinwirot University, 
      Bangkok, Thailand. sanguansak_r@hotmail.com
FAU - Rerksuppaphol, Lakkana
AU  - Rerksuppaphol L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Thailand
TA  - J Med Assoc Thai
JT  - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
JID - 7507216
SB  - IM
EIN - J Med Assoc Thai. 2012 Dec;95(12):1625
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Advisory Committees
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Body Composition/physiology
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Standards
MH  - Reference Values
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Thailand/epidemiology
EDAT- 2011/02/09 06:00
MHDA- 2011/03/02 06:00
CRDT- 2011/02/09 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/09 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/02/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/03/02 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Med Assoc Thai. 2010 Feb;93 Suppl 2:S27-31.