PMID- 21742740
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120622
LR  - 20120224
IS  - 1741-3850 (Electronic)
IS  - 1741-3842 (Linking)
VI  - 34
IP  - 1
DP  - 2012 Mar
TI  - Secular trends in body mass index and the prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      among children and adolescents in Shandong, China, from 1985 to 2010.
PG  - 131-7
LID - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr053 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: There is strong evidence of a positive secular trend in body mass 
      index (BMI) and the prevalence of obesity has increased substantially over the 
      last several decades. However, no studies on this trend have been reported in 
      Shandong Province, China. The present study assessed the decennial change in BMI 
      in Shandong Province during the past 25 years and the prevalence of overweight 
      and obesity among children and adolescents. METHODS: The BMI of children and 
      adolescents aged 7-18 was calculated using data from five national surveys on 
      students' constitution and health carried out by the government in 1985, 1995, 
      2000, 2005 and 2010 in Shandong Province, China. The distribution of BMI was 
      reported, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity was obtained according to 
      the screening criteria of overweight and obesity for Chinese students using BMI 
      [Working Group on Obesity in China (WGOC) standard]. Overweight and obesity 
      prevalence were also computed using the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 
      cutoffs. RESULTS: In the past 25 years, the P(50) (50th percentile) of BMI 
      increased. The average increments of BMI were 2.18 kg/m(2) for boys and 1.21 
      kg/m(2) for girls, respectively. The prevalence of overweight and obesity 
      increased rapidly: using WGOC standard, the prevalence of overweight increased 
      from 1.91% for boys and 2.02% for girls in 1985 to 17.34% for boys and 11.97% for 
      girls in 2010, and the prevalence of obesity increased from 0.27% for boys and 
      0.23% for girls in 1985 to 15.83% for boys and 7.12% for girls in 2010; using 
      IOTF standard, the prevalence of overweight increased from 1.54% for boys and 
      1.27% for girls in 1985 to 19.06% for boys and 13.42% for girls in 2010, and the 
      prevalence of obesity increased from 0.04% for boys and 0.03% for girls in 1985 
      to 9.33% for boys and 2.42% for girls in 2010, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      average value of BMI has increased over time; overweight and obesity among 
      children and adolescents have become a serious public health problem. 
      Comprehensive evidence-based strategies of intervention should be introduced, 
      including periodic monitoring.
FAU - Ying-Xiu, Zhang
AU  - Ying-Xiu Z
AD  - Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 16992 Jingshi Road, Jinan, 
      Shandong 250014, China. sdcdczyx@163.com
FAU - Shu-Rong, Wang
AU  - Shu-Rong W
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20110708
PL  - England
TA  - J Public Health (Oxf)
JT  - Journal of public health (Oxford, England)
JID - 101188638
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Status Disparities
MH  - Humans
MH  - Life Style
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Reference Standards
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - *Social Class
EDAT- 2011/07/12 06:00
MHDA- 2012/06/23 06:00
CRDT- 2011/07/12 06:00
PHST- 2011/07/12 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/07/12 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/06/23 06:00 [medline]
AID - fdr053 [pii]
AID - 10.1093/pubmed/fdr053 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Public Health (Oxf). 2012 Mar;34(1):131-7. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr053. Epub 
      2011 Jul 8.