PMID- 28925345
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190520
LR  - 20190520
IS  - 1469-7599 (Electronic)
IS  - 0021-9320 (Linking)
VI  - 50
IP  - 3
DP  - 2018 May
TI  - DIFFERENCES IN THE PREVALENCE OF OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY IN 5- to 14-YEAR-OLD 
      CHILDREN IN KRAKOW, POLAND, USING THREE NATIONAL BMI CUT-OFFS.
PG  - 365-379
LID - 10.1017/S0021932017000426 [doi]
AB  - The problem of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents has been noted 
      in many different countries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the 
      differences in the percentage occurrence of overweight and obesity in Polish 
      children depending on the criteria used, and to evaluate the usefulness of the 
      Polish national database. The study sample comprised 3405 children aged 5-14 
      years (1674 girls and 1731 boys) from the city of Krakow, Poland, in 2009-2010. 
      The BMI of each child was calculated and classified as overweight or obese 
      according to three different reference BMI cut-offs: the International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the 
      Polish 2010 standard. To assess the statistical significance of the differences 
      between these three applied reference datasets, a comparison of two proportions 
      was performed and Cohen's kappa coefficient calculated. The prevalences of 
      overweight were 15%, 11.3% and 9.5% (IOTF, CDC, Polish 2010, respectively) among 
      boys and 15.5%, 11.6% and 9.9% among girls. The prevalences of obesity were 3.3%, 
      6.1% and 5.5% (IOTF, CDC, Polish 2010, respectively) among boys and 3.4%, 6.3% 
      and 5.7% among girls. The different methods used generally showed good agreement. 
      Nevertheless the prevalence of overweight and obesity differed significantly 
      depending on the criteria used. In conclusion, the creation and updating of 
      national databases based on large, representative groups is justified and 
      provides the best reference for regional data. However, in order to ensure the 
      comparability of results with those from other countries, it seems advisable to 
      use cut-offs based on international data as well.
FAU - Wozniacka, Renata
AU  - Wozniacka R
AD  - *Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Motor Rehabilitation,University of Physical 
      Education,Krakow,Poland.
FAU - Bac, Aneta
AU  - Bac A
AD  - daggerDepartment of Clinical Forms of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Motor 
      Rehabilitation,University of Physical Education,Krakow,Poland.
FAU - Kowal, Malgorzata
AU  - Kowal M
AD  - double daggerDepartment of Anthropology, Faculty of Physical Education,University of Physical 
      Education,Krakow,Poland.
FAU - Matusik, Stanislaw
AU  - Matusik S
AD  -  section signDepartment of Statistics and Computer Science,University of Physical 
      Education,Krakow,Poland.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20170919
PL  - England
TA  - J Biosoc Sci
JT  - Journal of biosocial science
JID - 0177346
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - *Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/classification/*epidemiology
MH  - Poland/epidemiology
EDAT- 2017/09/20 06:00
MHDA- 2019/05/21 06:00
CRDT- 2017/09/20 06:00
PHST- 2017/09/20 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2017/09/20 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0021932017000426 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S0021932017000426 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Biosoc Sci. 2018 May;50(3):365-379. doi: 10.1017/S0021932017000426. Epub 2017 
      Sep 19.