PMID- 24418419
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140220
LR  - 20140114
IS  - 0995-3914 (Print)
IS  - 0995-3914 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 5
DP  - 2013 Sep-Oct
TI  - [Comparison of three weight classification systems for preschool children in a 
      region of Quebec].
PG  - 571-8
AB  - INTRODUCTION: Overweight in children is a serious public health problem. The use 
      of different weight classification systems in research and clinical practice 
      results in variable the estimate of prevalences of overweight, which complicates 
      follow-up of this health problem in the population. The study compared three 
      child body weight classification systems by estimating the prevalence of 
      overweight established by each system. METHOD: In 2010, a study was conducted in 
      259 five-year-old children at the time of routine childhood vaccination. The 
      children's height and weight were measured. The prevalence of overweight was 
      determined and compared to the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF), the 
      Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health 
      Organization (WHO) criteria. RESULTS: According to the IOTF, 16.6% of children of 
      the study were overweight (obesity 3.1%). According to the CDC, 24.3% of children 
      were overweight (obesity 9.1%) and according to WHO, the prevalence was 26.3% 
      (obesity 6.2%). According to the IOTF criteria, obesity affected more girls than 
      boys (2.7% vs. 0.4%), whereas similar proportions were observed with the other 
      two systems. CONCLUSION: This study demonstrates that the prevalence of 
      overweight in children varies considerably depending on the classification system 
      used. These results support the need to consider the system used in clinical 
      practice and in research when monitoring the course of the prevalence of this 
      health problem.
FAU - Lemelin, Lucie
AU  - Lemelin L
FAU - Haggerty, Jeannie
AU  - Haggerty J
FAU - Gallagher, Frances
AU  - Gallagher F
LA  - fre
PT  - English Abstract
PT  - Journal Article
TT  - Comparaison de trois systemes de classification du poids de l'enfant d'age 
      prescolaire d'une region quebecoise.
PL  - France
TA  - Sante Publique
JT  - Sante publique (Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France)
JID - 9216153
SB  - IM
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Overweight/*classification/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*classification/diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Quebec/epidemiology
MH  - Sex Distribution
EDAT- 2014/01/15 06:00
MHDA- 2014/02/22 06:00
CRDT- 2014/01/15 06:00
PHST- 2014/01/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/01/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/02/22 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sante Publique. 2013 Sep-Oct;25(5):571-8.