PMID- 23945418
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131101
LR  - 20181023
IS  - 0964-7058 (Print)
IS  - 0964-7058 (Linking)
VI  - 22
IP  - 3
DP  - 2013
TI  - Trend in gender disparities of BMI and height between 2004 and 2011 among 
      adolescents aged 17-18 years in Changzhou China.
PG  - 466-73
LID - 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.3.03 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVES: to describe the trend in gender disparities of overweight/obesity and 
      underweight, as well as height, among Chinese adolescents. METHODS: the study is 
      based on population-based data from annual health checks of approximately 7,000 
      students finishing high school each year between 2004-2011. Height and weight 
      were measured. Overweight/obesity and underweight were defined using 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. School level socioeconomic 
      status (SES) was constructed based on real-estate prices near each school. 
      RESULTS: there was a slight increase in the prevalence of obesity between 2004 
      and 2011; 3.7% to 4.7% in boys and 1.1% to 1.5% in girls. The prevalence of 
      overweight was quite stable in both genders (boys: 12%-15%; girls: 7%-10%). In 
      most years, the prevalence of underweight was above 10%. The prevalence of 
      underweight in girls born after 1991 increased dramatically. However, the 
      opposite trend was seen in boys. School SES was positively associated with 
      overweight and inversely associated with underweight among boys. There was a 
      significant increase in height in both genders. Height and BMI was positively 
      associated in boys but this relation was inversely associated in girls. 
      CONCLUSION: between 2004 and 2011, the prevalence of overweight/obesity was 
      plateauing among adolescents finishing high school. A substantial increase in the 
      prevalence of underweight was observed among girls born after 1991 but this 
      seemed to be positively associated with high SES.
FAU - Chen, Wenying
AU  - Chen W
AD  - Discipline of Medicine, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia.
FAU - Shi, Zumin
AU  - Shi Z
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - China
TA  - Asia Pac J Clin Nutr
JT  - Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 9440304
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Body Height
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - *Sex Factors
MH  - Social Class
MH  - Thinness/*epidemiology
EDAT- 2013/08/16 06:00
MHDA- 2013/11/02 06:00
CRDT- 2013/08/16 06:00
PHST- 2013/08/16 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/08/16 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/11/02 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.3.03 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2013;22(3):466-73. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.3.03.