Prevalence of overweight children aged 7 years: Results of the World Health Organisation Childhood Growth Surveillance Initiative in the Republic of Ireland

Prevalence of overweight children aged 7 years: Results of the World Health Organisation Childhood Growth Surveillance Initiative in the Republic of Ireland

Body mass index was standardised by age and sex and overweight and obesity were classified using the International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) cut-off points(4). When analyses were done separately for boys and girls, no significant differences were observed for overweight and obesity among boys, althou...

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Veröffentlicht in:Proceedings of the Nutrition Society 2013, Vol.72 (OCE3), Article E142
Hauptverfasser: Heinen, M. M., Eldin, N., Odywer, U., Hayes, C., Heavey, P., Lynam, A., Mulhern, L. M., O'Brien, J. K., O'Brien, M. C., Scully, H., Murrin, C. M., Kelleher, C. C.
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body mass index
Body size
Body weight
Children
Children & youth
Girls
Obesity
Overweight
Response rates
Schools
Surveillance
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Zusammenfassung:Body mass index was standardised by age and sex and overweight and obesity were classified using the International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) cut-off points(4). When analyses were done separately for boys and girls, no significant differences were observed for overweight and obesity among boys, although a significant inverse trend was observed for obesity (p for trend=0.02). [...]it seems that the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Irish children aged 7 years has stabilized and maybe even dropped over the years. 1.
ISSN:0029-6651
1475-2719
DOI:10.1017/S0029665113001651