التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Underweight and overweight among children and adolescents in Tuscany (Italy). Prevalence and short-term trends |
| المؤلفون: |
LAZZERI, G., ROSSI, S., PAMMOLLI, A., PILATO, V., POZZI, T., GIACCHI, M. |
| المساهمون: |
Lazzeri, G., Rossi, S., Pammolli, A., Pilato, V., Pozzi, T., Giacchi, M. |
| سنة النشر: |
2008 |
| المجموعة: |
Università degli Studi di Siena: USiena air |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
Adolescence, BMI for age, Childhood, Nutritional surveillance, Obesity, Overweight, Thinness |
| الوصف: |
Introduction. The recent increase in both childhood obesity and adolescent anorexia nervosa in developed countries has underlined the important consequences that these trends may have on public health, as there is an increased risk that these conditions may become chronic diseases in adulthood. Therefore, it is necessary to monitor prevalence rates and trends in thinness and overweight (including obesity) among children and adolescents at different levels: international, national and sub-national. Since 2001/2002, a nutritional surveillance system has been implemented in the Tuscany Region to estimate the nutritional status and lifestyles of children and adolescents. The main objectives were to assess the prevalence of thinness, overweight and obesity among Tuscan children and adolescents and to provide baseline information on the prevalence of thinness, for the first time calculated according to the new international definitions, for geographical comparisons and descriptions of time trends. Methods. Independent cross-sectional sample surveys were conducted in 2002, 2004 and 2006 in Tuscany, North-Central Italy. Data were collected from stratified two-stage cluster samples of children aged 9 years (n = 3,048 in 2002 and n = 1,430 in 2006) and of adolescents aged 11-13-15 years (n = 1,066, n = 1185 and n = 1,160 in 2004 and n = 1,189, n = 1,211 and n = 1,178 in 2006, respectively). Weights and heights of primary school children were measured by means of standardized methods, while those of adolescents were self-reported. Decimal age was calculated from the date of birth to the date of measurement. Body Mass Index classes were calculated according to the International Obesity Task Force standards. Instead of the term underweight in children, we used the term thinness, which the World Health Organization uses to mean low Body Mass Index for age in adults and adolescents. According to Cole 's recently published cut-offs for thinness, we divided our Body Mass Index values below 18.5 into three grades. Results. This ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| وصف الملف: |
STAMPA |
| اللغة: |
English |
| العلاقة: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/pmid/18792529; volume:49; issue:1; firstpage:13; lastpage:21; numberofpages:8; journal:JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND HYGIENE; http://hdl.handle.net/11365/3052Test; info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-48849104801 |
| الإتاحة: |
http://hdl.handle.net/11365/3052Test |
| حقوق: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsbas.91CB7E91 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
BASE |
