High prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight among Qatari children ages 9 through 11

High prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight among Qatari children ages 9 through 11

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight in Qatari children ages 9 through 11 and to compare the prevalence using CDC and IOTF cut-offs.Design methodology approach - A cross-sectional study in a randomly selected sample of 1,213 Qatar...

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Veröffentlicht in:Nutrition and food science 2009-01, Vol.39 (1), p.36-45
Hauptverfasser: Kerkadi, Abdelhamid, Hassan, Abdelmonem S., Eltayeb M. Yousef, Adil
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adults
body mass index
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Children
Children & youth
Children age groups
cross-sectional studies
Data collection
Developing countries
Diet
Disease control
Early intervention
Elementary schools
height
International Obesity Task Force
LDCs
Living conditions
Mortality
Nutrition research
Obesity
overweight
Public schools
Qatar
risk factors
Sample size
school children
Students
Urban health care
weight
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Zusammenfassung:Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to estimate the prevalence of the risk of overweight and overweight in Qatari children ages 9 through 11 and to compare the prevalence using CDC and IOTF cut-offs.Design methodology approach - A cross-sectional study in a randomly selected sample of 1,213 Qatari children was carried out. Weight and height were measured and BMI was calculated for all children. The risk of overweight and overweight were defined using as references both the CDC BMI percentiles for age and gender and IOTF cut-off values.Findings - Weight, height, and BMI increased with age and differences were significant (p
ISSN:0034-6659
1758-6917
DOI:10.1108/00346650910930806