PMID- 24701728
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20140424
LR  - 20140407
IS  - 0125-2208 (Print)
IS  - 0125-2208 (Linking)
VI  - 97
IP  - 1
DP  - 2014 Jan
TI  - Prevalence of childhood and adolescent obesity in Thailand: a review.
PG  - 44-51
AB  - BACKGROUND: Obesity in children and adolescents is a major public health problem 
      in many countries including Thailand However the use of different growth 
      references applied to the data could contribute to the difference in magnitude of 
      problem. OBJECTIVE: To examine the prevalence rate of overweight and obesity 
      among Thai children and adolescents between 1995 and 2012. MATERIAL AND METHOD: 
      Relevant published articles and nutrition survey reports were obtained by a 
      systematic search through multiple electronic databases published between 1995 
      and 2012. RESULTS: Of 627 published articles and reports retrieved, six national 
      surveys were examined for the trend of childhood obesity. With the use of Thai 
      growth references, the trends of obesity among preschool, school-age children, 
      and adolescents were found to fluctuate between 1995 and 2009. This might be due 
      to the difference in age categorization and use of dissimilar growth references. 
      The use of the 2000 International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) reference provided a 
      lower estimate of prevalence of obesity when compared to that from Thai growth 
      reference. However similar fluctuating pattern and trends were observed 
      CONCLUSION: A standard protocol using a single set of child growth standard, 
      similar age categorization, obesity indices, and cut-points for defining 
      high-risk children should be applied to track trend of childhood obesity 
      effectively.
FAU - Yamborisut, Uruwan
AU  - Yamborisut U
FAU - Mo-Suwan, Ladda
AU  - Mo-Suwan L
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
PL  - Thailand
TA  - J Med Assoc Thai
JT  - Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet
JID - 7507216
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Child
MH  - Humans
MH  - Nutrition Surveys
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Thailand/epidemiology
EDAT- 2014/04/08 06:00
MHDA- 2014/04/25 06:00
CRDT- 2014/04/08 06:00
PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/04/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2014/04/25 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Med Assoc Thai. 2014 Jan;97(1):44-51.