PMID- 22672037
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20120920
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1753-6405 (Electronic)
IS  - 1326-0200 (Linking)
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
DP  - 2012 Jun
TI  - South Australian four-year-old Aboriginal children: residence and socioeconomic 
      status influence weight.
PG  - 285-90
LID - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00872.x [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: Obesity rates have increased in children in Australia in the past 15 
      years. However, there is little available population data describing rates of 
      overweight and obesity in Aboriginal children. METHODS: Anthropometric data of 
      four-year-old children (n=11,859) were collected by trained nurses at routine 
      statewide preschool health checks during 2009. Weight status (underweight, 
      healthy weight, overweight and obese) was determined using age and gender 
      specific International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-points. RESULTS: There were 
      337 Aboriginal children (3%) in the study population. Aboriginal children had 
      significantly higher rates of overweight and obesity compared to non-Aboriginal 
      children (28% compared to 18% respectively, chi(2) p=0.0001). A statistically 
      significant association between BMIz score and identifying as Aboriginal remained 
      after controlling for rural/urban residence and socioeconomic status using 
      multiple regression analyses. CONCLUSIONS: Aboriginal children have higher rates 
      of overweight and obesity compared to their non-Aboriginal peers by the time they 
      are four years of age. Aboriginal children have higher BMIz scores compared to 
      non-Aboriginal children after controlling for rural/urban residence and 
      socioeconomic status. IMPLICATIONS: A significant investment is required to 
      optimise the health of Aboriginal women before pregnancy and throughout 
      pregnancy. A rethink may be necessary in the approach to dietary management and 
      catch-up growth of Aboriginal children of low birth weight or having growth 
      failure in early childhood.
CI  - (c) 2012 The Authors. ANZJPH (c) 2012 Public Health Association of Australia.
FAU - Spurrier, Nicola J
AU  - Spurrier NJ
AD  - University of Adelaide, South Australia. nicola.spurrier@health.sa.gov.au
FAU - Volkmer, Robert E
AU  - Volkmer RE
FAU - Abdallah, Christina Abi
AU  - Abdallah CA
FAU - Chong, Alwin
AU  - Chong A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Aust N Z J Public Health
JT  - Australian and New Zealand journal of public health
JID - 9611095
SB  - IM
MH  - Anthropometry
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - *Body Weight
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology/ethnology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Rural Health/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Social Class
MH  - Socioeconomic Factors
MH  - South Australia/epidemiology
MH  - Urban Health/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2012/06/08 06:00
MHDA- 2012/09/21 06:00
CRDT- 2012/06/08 06:00
PHST- 2012/06/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/06/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2012/09/21 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00872.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Aust N Z J Public Health. 2012 Jun;36(3):285-90. doi: 
      10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00872.x.