PMID- 21342259
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111207
LR  - 20110706
IS  - 1651-2227 (Electronic)
IS  - 0803-5253 (Linking)
VI  - 100
IP  - 8
DP  - 2011 Aug
TI  - Anthropometric changes in Sweden during the obesity epidemic--increased 
      overweight among adolescents of non-Nordic origin.
PG  - 1119-26
LID - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02236.x [doi]
AB  - AIM: To compare overweight, obesity and thinness prevalences in adolescents born 
      in 1979 and 1985 and to evaluate the influence of parental migration background. 
      METHODS: A total of 2306 15- to 16-year-old girls and boys in Gothenburg, Sweden, 
      participated in two cross-sectional surveys (1994 and 2000). Height and weight 
      were measured and interviews about parental origin were conducted. Overweight and 
      obesity were classified according to International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and 
      WHO. Thinness was classified according to Cole. RESULTS: Among girls, the 
      prevalence of thinness decreased, 8.4% vs. 4.7%. The prevalence of overweight, 
      including obesity, according to IOTF criteria, was 11.8% and 13.7% in 1994 and 
      2000, respectively. The corresponding figures according to WHO criteria were 
      14.5% and 17.5%. No significant changes occurred between cohorts in prevalences 
      of overweight and obesity. However, when interaction between survey year and 
      origin was tested, there was a significant difference in overweight according to 
      WHO criteria (p=0.022). CONCLUSION: A shift entailing increased risk for 
      overweight in adolescents of non-Nordic origin was observed, while no changes 
      occurred in the general population. Individual background factors are important 
      to consider both for correct conclusions about health development in the 
      population and for identification of target groups for health-promoting 
      interventions.
CI  - (c) 2011 The Author(s)/Acta Paediatrica (c) 2011 Foundation Acta Paediatrica.
FAU - Sjoberg, Agneta
AU  - Sjoberg A
AD  - Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Public Health Epidemiology 
      Unit, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, 
      Gothenburg, Sweden. agneta.sjoberg@allmed.gu.se
FAU - Hulthen, Lena
AU  - Hulthen L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110321
PL  - Norway
TA  - Acta Paediatr
JT  - Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
JID - 9205968
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Height/ethnology
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight/ethnology
MH  - *Emigrants and Immigrants
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology/*ethnology
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology/*ethnology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - Sweden/epidemiology
EDAT- 2011/02/24 06:00
MHDA- 2011/12/13 00:00
CRDT- 2011/02/24 06:00
PHST- 2011/02/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/02/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/12/13 00:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02236.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Acta Paediatr. 2011 Aug;100(8):1119-26. doi: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02236.x. 
      Epub 2011 Mar 21.