دورية أكاديمية
Prevalence of severe obesity among primary school children in 21 European countries
| العنوان: | Prevalence of severe obesity among primary school children in 21 European countries |
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| المؤلفون: | Spinelli, Angela, Buoncristiano, Marta, Kovács, Viktória Anna, Yngve, Agneta, Spiroski, Igor, Obreja, Galina, Starc, Gregor, Pérez, Nitida Pastor, Rito, Ana Isabel, Kunešová, Marie, Sant'Angelo, Victoria Farrugia, Meisfjord, Jørgen R, Bergh, Ingunn Holden, Kelleher, Cecily, Yardim, Nazan, Pudule, Iveta, Petrauskienė, Aušra, Duleva, Vesselka, Sjöberg, Agneta, Gualtieri, Andrea, Hassapidou, Maria, Hyska, Jolanda, Burazeri, Genc, Petrescu, Constanta Huidumac, Heinen, Mirjam, Takacs, Hajnalka, Zamrazilová, Hana, Bosi, Tulay Bagci, Sacchini, Elena, Pagkalos, Ioannis, Cucu, Alexandra, Nardone, Paola, Gately, Paul, Williams, Julianne, Breda, João |
| المصدر: | Obesity facts, Basel : Karger, 2019, vol. 12, no. 2, p. 244-258 ; ISSN 1662-4025 |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| المجموعة: | LSRC VL (Lithuanian Social Research Centre Virtual Library) / LSTC VB (Lietuvos socialinių tyrimų centras virtualią biblioteką) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Obesity, epidemiology, Overweight, Risk factors, Body mass index, Child, Europe, info:eu-repo/classification/udc/616-056.52 |
| الوصف: | BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization (WHO) European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was established more than 10 years ago to estimate prevalence and monitor changes in overweight and obesity in children aged 6-9 years. Since then, there have been five rounds of data collection in more than 40 countries involving more than half a million children. To date, no comparative studies with data on severe childhood obesity from European countries have been published. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this work was to present the prevalence of severe obesity in school-aged children from 21 countries participating in COSI. METHOD: The data are from cross-sectional studies in 21 European WHO member states that took part in the first three COSI rounds of data collection (2007/2008, 2009/2010, 2012/2013). School-aged children were measured using standardized instruments and methodology. Children were classified as severely obese using the definitions provided by WHO and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Analyses overtime, by child's age and mother's educational level, were performed in a select group of countries. RESULTS: A total of 636,933 children were included in the analysis (323,648 boys and 313,285 girls). The prevalence of severe obesity varied greatly among countries, with higher values in Southern Europe. According to the WHO definition, severe obesity ranged from 1.0% in Swedish and Moldovan children (95% CI 0.7-1.3 and 0.7-1.5, respectively) to 5.5% (95% CI 4.9-6.1) in Maltese children. The prevalence was generally higher among boys compared to girls. The IOTF cut-offs lead to lower estimates, but confirm the differences among countries, and were more similar for both boys and girls. In many countries 1 in 4 obese children were severely obese. Applying the estimates of prevalence based on the WHO definition to the whole population of children aged 6-9 years in each country [.]. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| العلاقة: | http://lsmu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/36606907.pdfTest; http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB36606907&prefLang=en_USTest |
| الإتاحة: | https://doi.org/10.1159/000500436Test http://lsmu.oai.elaba.lt/documents/36606907.pdfTest http://lsmu.lvb.lt/LSMU:ELABAPDB36606907&prefLang=en_USTest |
| حقوق: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.F5D15A96 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| الوصف غير متاح. |