PMID- 25157848
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20151217
LR  - 20220331
IS  - 1440-1754 (Electronic)
IS  - 1034-4810 (Linking)
VI  - 51
IP  - 3
DP  - 2015 Mar
TI  - Overweight and obesity in 4-5-year-old children in New Zealand: results from the 
      first 4 years (2009-2012) of the B4School Check programme.
PG  - 334-43
LID - 10.1111/jpc.12716 [doi]
AB  - AIM: We describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in four-year-old 
      children in New Zealand, variations with ethnicity and socio-economic status, and 
      changes over the study duration using body mass index (BMI) measurements 
      collected as part of the B4School Check programme. METHODS: Demographic and BMI 
      data were extracted for all children measured between 2009 and 2012. Overweight 
      and obesity rates were estimated using International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) 
      2012 standards and the 85th (overweight) and 95th (obese) percentiles for 
      BMI-for-age of the World Health Organization (WHO) 2006, Centers for Disease 
      Control and Prevention 2000 and UK 1990 reference standards. RESULTS: A total of 
      168,744 BMI measurements were included in the analysis with a coverage rate of 
      66.5%. Mean BMI was 16.30 kg/m(2) in girls and 16.44 kg/m(2) in boys. Mean BMI 
      z-score (WHO 2006 standards) was 0.601 in girls and 0.785 in boys. Using WHO 2006 
      standards, 16.9% of girls and 19.6% of boys were overweight and 13.8% of girls 
      and 18.7% of boys were obese. Using IOTF standards, 18.3% of girls and 16.2% of 
      boys were overweight and 5.7% of girls and 4.7% of boys were found obese. 
      Prevalence of overweight and obesity was higher in Pacific and Maori children and 
      those living in more socio-economically deprived areas than other children. No 
      definite time-trends were observed over the study duration. CONCLUSIONS: The 
      study reaffirms the high prevalence of overweight and obesity in pre-school 
      children in New Zealand, and demonstrates the variations in prevalence when using 
      different reference standards.
CI  - (c) 2014 The Authors. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health (c) 2014 Paediatrics 
      and Child Health Division (Royal Australasian College of Physicians).
FAU - Rajput, Nitin
AU  - Rajput N
AD  - Ministry of Health, Wellington, New Zealand.
FAU - Tuohy, Pat
AU  - Tuohy P
FAU - Mishra, Suryaprakash
AU  - Mishra S
FAU - Smith, Ash
AU  - Smith A
FAU - Taylor, Barry
AU  - Taylor B
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140826
PL  - Australia
TA  - J Paediatr Child Health
JT  - Journal of paediatrics and child health
JID - 9005421
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - *Ethnicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - New Zealand/epidemiology
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Factors
MH  - *Social Class
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - B4School Check programme
OT  - BMI
OT  - New Zealand
OT  - obesity
OT  - overweight
OT  - pre-school
EDAT- 2014/08/27 06:00
MHDA- 2015/12/19 06:00
CRDT- 2014/08/27 06:00
PHST- 2014/07/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/08/27 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/08/27 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2015/12/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1111/jpc.12716 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Paediatr Child Health. 2015 Mar;51(3):334-43. doi: 10.1111/jpc.12716. Epub 2014 
      Aug 26.