PMID- 28893079
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20180129
LR  - 20210125
IS  - 2071-2936 (Electronic)
IS  - 2071-2928 (Print)
IS  - 2071-2928 (Linking)
VI  - 9
IP  - 1
DP  - 2017 Aug 31
TI  - Diagnostic comparison of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and 
      International Obesity Task Force criteria for obesity classification in South 
      African children.
PG  - e1-e7
LID - 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1383 [doi]
LID - 1383
AB  - BACKGROUND: This study was designed to estimate overweight and obesity in school 
      children by using contrasting definitions recommended by the Centers for Disease 
      Control and Prevention (CDC) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). 
      METHOD: The sample size consisted of 1361 learners (n = 678 boys; n = 683 girls) 
      aged 9-13 years who were randomly selected from Mpumalanga and Limpopo provinces 
      of South Africa. A cross-sectional and descriptive design was used to measure the 
      children's anthropometric characteristics. Based on height and weight 
      measurements, the children's body mass index (BMI) was calculated and used to 
      classify them as underweight, overweight and obese. Percentage body fat was 
      calculated from the sum of two skinfolds (i.e. triceps and subscapular). 
      Age-specific BMI, percentage body fat and sum of skinfolds were examined for the 
      boys and girls. RESULTS: A higher prevalence of overweight and obesity was found 
      in boys and girls when the CDC BMI categories were used. In contrast, the IOTF 
      BMI classifications indicated a strong prevalence of underweight among the 
      children. CONCLUSION: In contrast to the IOTF index that yielded a greater 
      occurrence of underweight among South African children, the CDC criteria 
      indicated a higher prevalence of obesity and overweight among the same children. 
      Future large-scale surveillance studies are needed to determine the 
      appropriateness of different definitions in order to establish a more reliable 
      indicator for estimating overweight and obesity in South African children.
FAU - Moselakgomo, Kankane V
AU  - Moselakgomo KV
AD  - Department of Physiology and Environmental Health, School of Molecular and Life 
      Science, University of Limpopo. violetmoselakgomo@yahoo.com.
FAU - Van Staden, Marlise
AU  - Van Staden M
LA  - eng
PT  - Comparative Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170831
PL  - South Africa
TA  - Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med
JT  - African journal of primary health care & family medicine
JID - 101520860
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Advisory Committees/*standards
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S./*standards
MH  - Child
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*classification/*diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - South Africa/epidemiology
MH  - Thinness/classification/diagnosis/epidemiology
MH  - United States
PMC - PMC5594237
COIS- The authors declare that they have no financial or personal relationships that 
      may have inappropriately influenced them in writing this article.
EDAT- 2017/09/13 06:00
MHDA- 2018/01/30 06:00
PMCR- 2017/08/31
CRDT- 2017/09/13 06:00
PHST- 2016/11/14 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2017/04/24 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2017/04/12 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2017/09/13 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2017/09/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2018/01/30 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/08/31 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 1383 [pii]
AID - PHCFM-9-1383 [pii]
AID - 10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1383 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med. 2017 Aug 31;9(1):e1-e7. doi: 
      10.4102/phcfm.v9i1.1383.