PMID- 33472721
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211028
LR  - 20230619
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 13
DP  - 2021 Sep
TI  - Prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity among Tibetan adolescents aged 
      12-17 years.
PG  - 4017-4022
LID - 10.1017/S1368980021000215 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity among 
      Tibetan adolescents aged 12-17 years. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: 
      Shigatse City of Tibet municipality, with an average altitude of more than 4000 
      m. PARTICIPANTS: Study participants included 2642 adolescents aged 12-17 years 
      selected from six schools using a convenient cluster sampling method. RESULTS: 
      The prevalence of thinness/overweight/obesity among Tibetan adolescents was 9.4 
      %/5.4 %/1.4 % (China definition), 14.7 %/4.4 %/0.7 % (International Obesity Task 
      Force (IOTF) definition), and 2.8 %/5.7 %/0.9 % (WHO definition). The prevalence 
      of thinness and overweight was significantly different between both sexes based 
      on each of three BMI classification criteria (P < 0.001). There was no 
      significant difference in the prevalence of obesity between both sexes according 
      to each of three BMI criteria. There was no clear trend in the prevalence of 
      thinness across ages according to the China or IOTF definition (both P > 0.05), 
      whereas an upward trend was observed for thinness in boys according to the IOTF 
      definition (Pfor trend <0.05). In contrast, the prevalence of thinness tended to 
      decrease with increasing age in girls according to the IOTF definition and in 
      total sample according to the WHO definition (Pfor trend <0.05). CONCLUSIONS: 
      Among Tibetan adolescents, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is relatively 
      low, while the prevalence of thinness is high, especially in boys. These data 
      suggest urgent attention is needed to control adolescent thinness in Tibet.
FAU - Zhang, Yunfei
AU  - Zhang Y
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, 
      Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan250012, Shandong, People's Republic 
      of China.
FAU - Sun, Jiahong
AU  - Sun J
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, 
      Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan250012, Shandong, People's Republic 
      of China.
FAU - Zhao, Min
AU  - Zhao M
AD  - Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Cheeloo 
      College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of 
      China.
FAU - Magnussen, Costan G
AU  - Magnussen CG
AD  - Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, 
      Australia.
AD  - Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, University of 
      Turku, Turku, Finland.
AD  - Centre for Population Health Research, University of Turku and Turku University 
      Hospital, Turku, Finland.
FAU - Xi, Bo
AU  - Xi B
AD  - Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, 
      Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan250012, Shandong, People's Republic 
      of China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20210121
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/epidemiology
MH  - *Overweight/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Thinness/epidemiology
MH  - Tibet/epidemiology
PMC - PMC10195230
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Adolescents
OT  - Obesity
OT  - Overweight
OT  - Thinness
OT  - Tibet
EDAT- 2021/01/22 06:00
MHDA- 2021/10/29 06:00
PMCR- 2021/09/01
CRDT- 2021/01/21 05:25
PHST- 2021/01/22 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/10/29 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/01/21 05:25 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1368980021000215 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980021000215 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2021 Sep;24(13):4017-4022. doi: 10.1017/S1368980021000215. 
      Epub 2021 Jan 21.