PMID- 24701431
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140404
LR  - 20211021
IS  - 2230-8210 (Print)
IS  - 2230-9500 (Electronic)
IS  - 2230-9500 (Linking)
VI  - 18
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Jan
TI  - Are the current Indian growth charts really representative? Analysis of 
      anthropometric assessment of school children in a South Indian district.
PG  - 56-62
LID - 10.4103/2230-8210.126541 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: India currently is posed by the double threat of thinness and 
      overweight/obesity among children. Different growth charts have taken different 
      population and give different cut-off points to assess these conditions. 
      OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to assess the anthropometry of school 
      children, 5-18 years of age and thereby estimate the prevalence of childhood 
      thinness, overweight and obesity. To analyze how the study population compares 
      with that of Agarwal's growth chart. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The anthropometric 
      measurements of all the students who were studying from 1(st) to 12(th) standards 
      were taken from 27 randomly selected Government and private schools. Prevalence 
      of thinness, overweight and obesity were assessed using two standards - Indian 
      standard given by Agarwal and International Standards given by International 
      Obesity Task Force (IOTF). RESULTS: The prevalence of thinness, overweight and 
      obesity among 18,001 students enrolled as per Indian standard were 12.2%, 9.5% 
      and 3% and as per International standard were 15.3%, 8.1% and 2.6% respectively. 
      The mean and the 95(th) percentile values of body mass index for both boys and 
      girls at all ages in this study are falling short of Agarwal's and IOTF values. 
      Using international cut-offs as well as Indian cut-offs given by Agarwal, 
      underestimate the prevalence of obesity among boys and girls of all age groups. 
      CONCLUSION: This study shows that under and over-nutrition among school children 
      is in almost equal proportions. There is an underestimation of obesity among 
      children whenever an Indian or an International growth chart is used. Thus, this 
      study brings out the need for a really representative growth chart.
FAU - Kumaravel, V
AU  - Kumaravel V
AD  - Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Alpha Hospital and Research Center, 
      Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Shriraam, Vanishree
AU  - Shriraam V
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research 
      Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Anitharani, M
AU  - Anitharani M
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research 
      Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Mahadevan, S
AU  - Mahadevan S
AD  - Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and 
      Research Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
FAU - Balamurugan, A N
AU  - Balamurugan AN
AD  - Clinical Islet Transplant Program, Schulze Diabetes Institute, University of 
      Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
FAU - Sathiyasekaran, B W C
AU  - Sathiyasekaran BW
AD  - Department of Community Medicine, Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research 
      Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - India
TA  - Indian J Endocrinol Metab
JT  - Indian journal of endocrinology and metabolism
JID - 101555690
PMC - PMC3968734
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Growth chart
OT  - obesity
OT  - prevalence
OT  - school children
OT  - thinness
COIS- Conflict of Interest: No.
EDAT- 2014/04/05 06:00
MHDA- 2014/04/05 06:01
PMCR- 2014/01/01
CRDT- 2014/04/05 06:00
PHST- 2014/04/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/04/05 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2014/01/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - IJEM-18-56 [pii]
AID - 10.4103/2230-8210.126541 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Indian J Endocrinol Metab. 2014 Jan;18(1):56-62. doi: 10.4103/2230-8210.126541.