PMID- 24130950
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20131016
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2008-7802 (Print)
IS  - 2008-8213 (Electronic)
IS  - 2008-7802 (Linking)
VI  - 4
IP  - 9
DP  - 2013 Sep
TI  - Overweight and obesity among early adolescent school girls in urban area of west 
      bengal, India: prevalence assessment using different reference standards.
PG  - 1070-4
AB  - BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are epidemic and a 'public health crisis' 
      among adolescents worldwide. The rising trends in adolescent obesity in girl are 
      poorly documented in India. The aim of this study was to compare and assess the 
      extent of overweight and obesity in early adolescent school girls using three 
      references [World Health Organization (WHO) 2007; the Center for Diseases Control 
      (CDC) 2000 and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 2000]. METHODS: A 
      cross sectional study was designed in 1375 early adolescent girl (10-14 years), 
      in five Government affiliated schools of Kharagpur Municipality of West Bengal, 
      India. RESULTS: Results of this study are eloquent of the fact that the roots of 
      obesity lies in early stage of adolescence. Incidence of overweight, including 
      obesity of participants was 10.62%, 7.64% and 7.49% depending on the references 
      used (WHO, CDC and IOTF) respectively. Both incidence and remission rates were 
      higher among younger girls. CONCLUSIONS: Regarding the harmful ramifications of 
      overweight and obesity, it is encourage to healthy eating patterns and increase 
      physical activity among early adolescent girls.
FAU - Maiti, Soumyajit
AU  - Maiti S
AD  - Department of Bio-Medical Laboratory Science and Management, (U.G.C. Innovative 
      Funded Department), Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India ; Rural 
      Research Institute of Physiology and Applied Nutrition, 'Gitanjali', Dr. Nilay 
      Paul Road, Midnapore, West Bengal, India.
FAU - De, Debasis
AU  - De D
FAU - Ali, Kazi Monjur
AU  - Ali KM
FAU - Bera, Tushar Kanti
AU  - Bera TK
FAU - Ghosh, Debidas
AU  - Ghosh D
FAU - Paul, Shyamapada
AU  - Paul S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Iran
TA  - Int J Prev Med
JT  - International journal of preventive medicine
JID - 101535380
PMC - PMC3793490
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Body mass index
OT  - West Bengal
OT  - early adolescent
OT  - obesity
OT  - overweight
OT  - school girl
COIS- Conflict of Interest: None declared
EDAT- 2013/10/17 06:00
MHDA- 2013/10/17 06:01
PMCR- 2013/09/01
CRDT- 2013/10/17 06:00
PHST- 2012/03/02 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/07/27 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2013/10/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/10/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/10/17 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2013/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJPVM-4-1070 [pii]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Prev Med. 2013 Sep;4(9):1070-4.