PMID- 25226821
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160205
LR  - 20211203
IS  - 1476-5640 (Electronic)
IS  - 0954-3007 (Linking)
VI  - 69
IP  - 5
DP  - 2015 May
TI  - Severe obesity prevalence in 8- to 9-year-old Italian children: a large 
      population-based study.
PG  - 603-8
LID - 10.1038/ejcn.2014.188 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Little information is available on severe obesity in 
      childhood. This study estimates the prevalence of severe obesity in 8- to 
      9-year-old children resident in Italy and its association with gender, age, 
      geographical area and parents' nutritional status and education using the World 
      Health Organization (WHO) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) criteria. 
      SUBJECTS/METHODS: A nationally representative sample of grade 3 Italian students 
      was measured in 2010 (N=42,431) using standardized instruments and methodology. 
      Severe obesity in children was assessed using definitions provided by the WHO and 
      by the IOTF. Prevalence was estimated within categories of sociodemographic 
      variables and their independent effects were estimated using multivariate 
      logistic regression. RESULTS: The estimated prevalence of severe obesity in 2010 
      was 4.5% (95% confidence interval (CI): 4.2-4.7) according to the WHO definition 
      and 2.7% (95% CI: 2.5-2.9) with IOTF cutoffs. These values were slightly lower 
      than those observed in 2008. The prevalence was higher in males, in 8-year-old 
      children and in the South. Parental low education and high body mass index were 
      strongly associated with childhood severe obesity. CONCLUSION: According to the 
      definition used, between 30,000 and 50,000 children aged 8-9 years suffer severe 
      obesity in Italy.
FAU - Lombardo, F L
AU  - Lombardo FL
AD  - National Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National 
      Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Spinelli, A
AU  - Spinelli A
AD  - National Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National 
      Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Lazzeri, G
AU  - Lazzeri G
AD  - CREPS-Research Centre for Health Promotion and Education, Department Molecular 
      and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
FAU - Lamberti, A
AU  - Lamberti A
AD  - National Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National 
      Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Mazzarella, G
AU  - Mazzarella G
AD  - Health Authority NA3 Sud, Vico Equense, Naples, Italy.
FAU - Nardone, P
AU  - Nardone P
AD  - National Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National 
      Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Pilato, V
AU  - Pilato V
AD  - CREPS-Research Centre for Health Promotion and Education, Department Molecular 
      and Developmental Medicine, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
FAU - Buoncristiano, M
AU  - Buoncristiano M
AD  - National Center of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National 
      Institute of Health, Rome, Italy.
FAU - Caroli, M
AU  - Caroli M
AD  - Brindisi Local Health Authority, Brindisi, Italy.
CN  - OKkio alla SALUTE Group 2010
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20140917
PL  - England
TA  - Eur J Clin Nutr
JT  - European journal of clinical nutrition
JID - 8804070
SB  - IM
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Ethnicity
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Italy/epidemiology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - *Nutritional Status
MH  - Obesity, Morbid/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - World Health Organization
EDAT- 2014/09/18 06:00
MHDA- 2016/02/06 06:00
CRDT- 2014/09/18 06:00
PHST- 2014/04/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2014/06/27 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2014/07/14 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2014/09/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2014/09/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/02/06 06:00 [medline]
AID - ejcn2014188 [pii]
AID - 10.1038/ejcn.2014.188 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015 May;69(5):603-8. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2014.188. Epub 2014 Sep 
      17.