PMID- 23894110
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140519
LR  - 20220309
IS  - 2047-6310 (Electronic)
IS  - 2047-6302 (Linking)
VI  - 8
IP  - 5
DP  - 2013 Oct
TI  - Prevalence of obesity among 10-11-year-old Maltese children using four 
      established standards.
PG  - e54-8
LID - 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00191.x [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to establish, through measured height 
      and weight, the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a representative sample 
      of Maltese children aged 10-11 years. METHODS: Height and weight were measured in 
      a sample, stratified by sex, region and type of school, of 874 year 6 children 
      and their body mass index classified as normal weight, overweight, and obese 
      using International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), World Health Organization (WHO), 
      US Centre for Disease Control and U.K. Department of Health standards. RESULTS: 
      IOTF standards indicated 20.4% overweight and 14.2% obese, while WHO standards 
      indicated 23.1% overweight and 20.9% obese. All four standards reported 
      significant sex differences, classifying more boys in the overweight and obesity 
      categories. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of overweight and obesity among 
      10-11-year-old Maltese children are higher than previously estimated through 
      self-reported height and weight and all other countries in the world except 
      Greece. These high rates confirm the urgent need to identify causes and tackle 
      childhood obesity in Malta.
CI  - (c) 2013 The Authors. Pediatric Obesity (c) 2013 International Association for the 
      Study of Obesity.
FAU - Decelis, A
AU  - Decelis A
AD  - Institute for PE and Sport, University of Malta, Msida, Malta; Centre for 
      Exercise, Nutrition and Health Sciences, School for Policy Studies, University of 
      Bristol, Bristol, UK.
FAU - Fox, K
AU  - Fox K
FAU - Jago, R
AU  - Jago R
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20130725
PL  - England
TA  - Pediatr Obes
JT  - Pediatric obesity
JID - 101572033
SB  - IM
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Health Promotion
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Malta/epidemiology
MH  - Needs Assessment
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology/etiology/prevention & control
MH  - Population Surveillance/methods
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - School Health Services/*organization & administration
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Obesity
OT  - overweight
OT  - sex differences
EDAT- 2013/07/31 06:00
MHDA- 2014/05/20 06:00
CRDT- 2013/07/30 06:00
PHST- 2013/03/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2013/06/10 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2013/06/12 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/07/30 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/07/31 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/05/20 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00191.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Obes. 2013 Oct;8(5):e54-8. doi: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00191.x. Epub 
      2013 Jul 25.