PMID- 23515688
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130909
LR  - 20220330
IS  - 2972-4066 (Electronic)
IS  - 0304-4602 (Linking)
VI  - 42
IP  - 2
DP  - 2013 Feb
TI  - Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Chinese preschoolers in Singapore.
PG  - 66-72
AB  - INTRODUCTION: This study examines the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6- 
      to 72-month-old Chinese preschoolers in Singapore using 3 references. MATERIALS 
      AND METHODS: This was a population-based cross-sectional study of 3009 Chinese 
      preschoolers aged 6 to 72 months from southwestern and western parts of 
      Singapore. Overweight and obesity were defi ned by using the Center for Disease 
      Control (CDC) (85th and 95th percentile, respectively), the International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF) and the local National Health Group Polyclinics (NHGP), 
      Singapore (90th and 97th percentile, respectively) references. RESULTS: The 
      prevalence of overweight and obesity in 24 to 72 months old Chinese children were 
      8.1% and 7.1% (the CDC reference), 7.6% and 3.9% (the IOTF reference) and 7.5% 
      and 5.3% (the local reference [NHGP]) respectively. For preschoolers aged 6 to 72 
      months, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 7.0% and 5.3%, respectively, 
      using the local reference. An increasing trend in the prevalence of obesity with 
      increasing age was seen in both genders, using the CDC and IOTF references (P 
      </=0.001 and 0.001, respectively). The boys were more likely to be obese than the 
      girls using the CDC reference (OR = 1.42, 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.97, P = 0.03). 
      CONCLUSION: Our study showed a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among 
      Chinese preschoolers in Singapore when compared to other countries like the 
      United States, Italy, Chile using the CDC and/or IOTF references. The CDC 
      reference overestimated whereas the IOTF reference underestimated the prevalence 
      of overweight and obesity for our population when compared to using the local 
      NHGP reference.
FAU - Pwint, Mar Khin
AU  - Pwint MK
AD  - Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National 
      University Health Systems, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
FAU - Lee, Yung Seng
AU  - Lee YS
FAU - Wong, Teck Yee
AU  - Wong TY
FAU - Saw, Seang Mei
AU  - Saw SM
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Singapore
TA  - Ann Acad Med Singap
JT  - Annals of the Academy of Medicine, Singapore
JID - 7503289
SB  - IM
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - China/ethnology
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infant
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/diagnosis/ethnology
MH  - Overweight/diagnosis/*ethnology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Distribution
MH  - Singapore/epidemiology
EDAT- 2013/03/22 06:00
MHDA- 2013/09/10 06:00
CRDT- 2013/03/22 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/03/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/09/10 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Ann Acad Med Singap. 2013 Feb;42(2):66-72.