PMID- 24878613
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20150622
LR  - 20220311
IS  - 1573-3610 (Electronic)
IS  - 0094-5145 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 5
DP  - 2014 Oct
TI  - Prevalence and demographic correlates of overweight and obesity among children in 
      a transitional southeastern European population.
PG  - 828-34
LID - 10.1007/s10900-014-9888-9 [doi]
AB  - Our aim was to assess the prevalence and demographic correlates of overweight and 
      obesity among children in Albania, a transitional country in Southeastern Europe. 
      A nationwide survey was conducted in Albania in 2013 including a representative 
      sample of 5,810 schoolchildren aged 7.0-9.9 years (51.5 % boys aged 8.5 +/- 0.6 
      years and 49.5 % girls aged 8.4 +/- 0.6 years; overall response: 97 %). All 
      children were measured height and weight, based on which the body mass index 
      (BMI) was calculated. The criteria of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the 
      International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) were used to describe the distribution of 
      BMI among children. Overall, mean value of BMI was 16.4 +/- 2.4 (16.7 +/- 2.5 in boys 
      vs. 16.2 +/- 2.4 in girls, P < 0.001). As per WHO criteria, 9.8 % of the boys were 
      obese versus 5.5 % of the girls (P < 0.001). The prevalence of both overweight 
      and obesity were remarkably higher among urban children compared with their rural 
      counterparts (17.9 vs. 10.5 and 11.9 vs. 4.0 %, respectively, P < 0.001). As per 
      IOTF criteria, 3.8 % of the boys were obese compared with 2.8 % of the girls (P < 
      0.001). The prevalence of overweight and obesity were similarly higher among 
      urban children than in rural children (15.6 vs. 7.3 and 5.5 vs. 1.4 %, 
      respectively, P < 0.001). Our findings indicate that Albania is in the middle of 
      nutritional transition with a high prevalence of overweight and obesity among 
      children aged 7.0-9.9 years. This is particularly evident in urban areas of the 
      country. Conversely, our data do not indicate a double burden of malnutrition 
      among children in Albania.
FAU - Hyska, Jolanda
AU  - Hyska J
AD  - University of Medicine, Rr. "Dibres", No. 371, Tirana, Albania.
FAU - Mersini, Ehadu
AU  - Mersini E
FAU - Mone, Iris
AU  - Mone I
FAU - Burazeri, Genc
AU  - Burazeri G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - J Community Health
JT  - Journal of community health
JID - 7600747
SB  - IM
CIN - J Community Health. 2014 Oct;39(5):827. PMID: 24938851
MH  - Albania/epidemiology
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology/etiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Rural Population/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - Urban Population/statistics & numerical data
EDAT- 2014/06/01 06:00
MHDA- 2015/06/24 06:00
CRDT- 2014/06/01 06:00
PHST- 2014/06/01 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/06/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/06/24 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1007/s10900-014-9888-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Community Health. 2014 Oct;39(5):828-34. doi: 10.1007/s10900-014-9888-9.