PMID- 30156015
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190610
LR  - 20190613
IS  - 2047-6310 (Electronic)
IS  - 2047-6302 (Linking)
VI  - 14
IP  - 3
DP  - 2019 Mar
TI  - Prevalence of underweight and overweight among young adolescents aged 12-15 years 
      in 58 low-income and middle-income countries.
PG  - e12468
LID - 10.1111/ijpo.12468 [doi]
AB  - BACKGROUND: The co-existence of underweight and overweight is a great challenge 
      for public health in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). OBJECTIVES: 
      The objective of the study is to report the prevalence of underweight, overweight 
      and obesity among young adolescents in 58 LMICs. METHODS: Data were from the 
      Global School-based Student Health Survey (2007-2013) in 57 LMICs and from the 
      Chinese National Surveys on Students' Constitution and Health (2010). A total of 
      177 325 young adolescents aged 12-15 years from 58 LMICs were included. Weight 
      status was defined based on both the updated International Obesity Task Force 
      (IOTF) and World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. RESULTS: Based on the 
      IOTF/WHO criteria, the overall prevalence of weight categories among young 
      adolescents in LMICs was 13.4%/4.7% for underweight, 15.4%/17.3% for overweight 
      and 5.6%/8.6% for obesity. However, the prevalence varied largely across 
      countries and regions. Based on the IOTF criteria, the prevalence of underweight 
      ranged from 0.0% in Niue to 48.8% in Sri Lanka and obesity ranged from 0.1% in 
      Vanuatu to 35.0% in Niue; a prevalence exceeding 10.0% for both underweight and 
      excess weight (overweight and obesity combined) was found in 29.3% of these 
      countries. Underweight was more prevalent in Southeast Asia and Africa, while 
      obesity was more frequent in Central and South Americas. There were no age and 
      sex differences in the prevalence of weight categories for most countries. 
      CONCLUSIONS: Our data confirm the continued dual burden of underweight and 
      overweight in young adolescents in many LMICs and the need for policy and 
      programmes to address both conditions.
CI  - (c) 2018 World Obesity Federation.
FAU - Yang, L
AU  - Yang L
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2017-1398
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 
      China.
FAU - Bovet, P
AU  - Bovet P
AD  - Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, 
      Switzerland.
FAU - Ma, C
AU  - Ma C
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 
      China.
FAU - Zhao, M
AU  - Zhao M
AD  - Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Shandong 
      University, Jinan, China.
FAU - Liang, Y
AU  - Liang Y
AD  - Department of Public Health Sciences, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
FAU - Xi, B
AU  - Xi B
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, 
      China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20180828
PL  - England
TA  - Pediatr Obes
JT  - Pediatric obesity
JID - 101572033
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Developing Countries/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Health Surveys
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Pediatric Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Poverty
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Schools
MH  - Thinness/*epidemiology
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescents
OT  - low-income and middle-income countries
OT  - overweight
OT  - underweight
EDAT- 2018/08/30 06:00
MHDA- 2019/06/14 06:00
CRDT- 2018/08/30 06:00
PHST- 2018/04/30 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2018/07/14 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2018/07/16 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2018/08/30 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/06/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/08/30 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1111/ijpo.12468 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Pediatr Obes. 2019 Mar;14(3):e12468. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12468. Epub 2018 Aug 28.