Does routine surveillance of children's height and weight provide a sufficiently reliable means for monitoring the obesity epidemic?

Does routine surveillance of children's height and weight provide a sufficiently reliable means for monitoring the obesity epidemic?

Description of the TRENDS project within the school nursing service in Leeds to monitor height and weight as a way of addressing childhood obesity. The effectiveness of the TRENDS model compared to routine surveillance is discussed. [(BNI unique abstract)] 6 references

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Veröffentlicht in:Public health (London) 2008-10, Vol.122 (10), p.1117-1119
Hauptverfasser: Levine, R.S, Connor, A.-M, Feltbower, R.G, Robinson, M, Rudolf, M.C.J
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Body Height - physiology
Body Weight - physiology
Child
Child Development - physiology
Child, Preschool
Humans
Infectious Disease
Internal Medicine
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - epidemiology
Pediatrics
Population Surveillance - methods
United Kingdom - epidemiology
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Zusammenfassung:Description of the TRENDS project within the school nursing service in Leeds to monitor height and weight as a way of addressing childhood obesity. The effectiveness of the TRENDS model compared to routine surveillance is discussed. [(BNI unique abstract)] 6 references
ISSN:0033-3506
1476-5616
DOI:10.1016/j.puhe.2007.11.001