PMID- 27442700
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20160906
LR  - 20210503
IS  - 1428-345X (Print)
IS  - 1428-345X (Linking)
VI  - 20
IP  - 2
DP  - 2016 Apr-Jun
TI  - The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Polish pre-school-aged children.
PG  - 143-9
AB  - The aim of this study is to estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 
      a current, nationally representative, random sample of pre-school-aged children 
      in Poland and to compare their overweight and obesity rates with their peers from 
      the US and Norway. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The height and weight were measured in a 
      total of 5026 randomly sampled children aged 2-6 years and their Body Mass Index 
      was calculated. The prevalence of overweight including obesity was determined 
      using three definitions, i.e. those formulated by the International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease 
      Control and Prevention (CDC). RESULTS: The overall prevalence of overweight 
      including obesity in boys was 12.2%, 12.2%, 17.2% and in girls 15.0%, 10.0%, 
      19.1% according to the IOTF, WHO, CDC definition, respectively, and did not 
      significantly differ in comparison with their US and Norwegian peers. The overall 
      prevalence of obesity in boys was: 4.4%, 4.9%, 8.9% and in girls: 3.8%, 3.4%, 
      7.6%, according to the IOTF, WHO, CDC definition, respectively. Among Polish 
      girls the obesity rate was higher compared to the female US peers. The obesity 
      rate was higher in Polish boys compared to their Norwegian peers. CONCLUSION: The 
      estimates of the prevalence of overweight and obesity varied substantially by age 
      group, gender and depending on the definition used. Obesity rates among Polish 
      girls and boys were higher compared to their American and Norwegian peers. The 
      influence of overweight definitions should be taken into account when studying 
      childhood overweight and obesity. Overweight and obesity preventive programs 
      should be implemented at preschool age.
FAU - Kulaga, Zbigniew
AU  - Kulaga Z
AD  - Public Health Department of the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Al. Dzieci 
      Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland Phone: (+48 22) 815-11-45 Fax: (+48 22) 
      815-13-87 e-mail: z.kulaga@ipczd.pl.
FAU - Gurzkowska, Beata
AU  - Gurzkowska B
AD  - Public Health Department of the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, 
      Poland.
FAU - Grajda, Aneta
AU  - Grajda A
AD  - Public Health Department of the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, 
      Poland.
FAU - Wojtylo, Malgorzata
AU  - Wojtylo M
AD  - Public Health Department of the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, 
      Poland.
FAU - Gozdz, Magdalena
AU  - Gozdz M
AD  - Public Health Department of the Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, 
      Poland.
FAU - Litwin, Mieczyslaw
AU  - Litwin M
AD  - Nephrology and Hypertension Department of the Children's Memorial Health 
      Institute, Al. Dzieci Polskich 20, 04-730 Warsaw, Poland e-mail: 
      m.litwin@ipczd.pl.
LA  - eng
GR  - N R13002 06/PHS HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PL  - Poland
TA  - Dev Period Med
JT  - Developmental period medicine
JID - 101636421
SB  - IM
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Nutritional Status
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*diagnosis/*epidemiology
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Sex Distribution
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - childhood
OT  - obesity
OT  - overweight
OT  - prevalence
EDAT- 2016/07/22 06:00
MHDA- 2016/09/07 06:00
CRDT- 2016/07/22 06:00
PHST- 2016/07/22 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/07/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/09/07 06:00 [medline]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Dev Period Med. 2016 Apr-Jun;20(2):143-9.