Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The Pro Children Study
Objectives: To assess country differences in prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in the Pro Children Survey. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in a random sample of schools in nine European countries in 2003. The subjects were 8317 11-year-old children from Austria,...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:eurpub:18/2/126 2023-05-15T16:51:29+02:00 Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The Pro Children Study Yngve, Agneta De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse Wolf, Alexandra Grjibovski, Andrej Brug, Johannes Due, Pernille Ehrenblad, Bettina Elmadfa, Ibrahim Franchini, Bela Klepp, Knut-Inge Poortvliet, Eric Rasmussen, Mette Thorsdottir, Inga Perez Rodrigo, Carmen 2008-04-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/18/2/126 https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckm099 en eng Oxford University Press http://eurpub.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/18/2/126 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckm099 Copyright (C) 2008, Oxford University Press Nutrition Physical Activity and Overweight TEXT 2008 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckm099 2008-05-01T04:35:27Z Objectives: To assess country differences in prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in the Pro Children Survey. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in a random sample of schools in nine European countries in 2003. The subjects were 8317 11-year-old children from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Parents reported height and weight of the children, and BMI values were analysed using the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the International Obesity Task Force reference populations. Continuous variables were compared with one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Games-Howell post hoc tests. Categorical variables were analysed using chi-square tests. Results: The prevalence of overweight + obesity varied between the countries from 8.6% to 30.6% and 5.9% to 26.5%, respectively, depending on the reference population, with the lowest prevalence in Dutch girls, the highest in Portuguese boys. Obesity prevalence varied from 1.1% (Dutch and Danish girls) to 10.7% (Portuguese boys) and from 0.3% (Dutch girls) to 6.2% (Portuguese boys), respectively. Portugal and Spain had the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity for both genders. The ranking of the countries according to overweight and obesity prevalence was roughly the same, independent of reference population. The prevalence of underweight varied from 2.3% (Swedish boys) to 12.3% (Belgian boys), using the American reference population. The proportion of stunted children was highest in Portugal, Spain and Belgium. Conclusions: The highest levels of overweight, obesity and stunting in the pro children material are found in Portugal and Spain. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) Howell ENVELOPE(-99.050,-99.050,-72.233,-72.233) Norway The European Journal of Public Health 18 2 126 130 |
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Objectives: To assess country differences in prevalence of overweight, obesity, underweight and stunting in the Pro Children Survey. Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted in a random sample of schools in nine European countries in 2003. The subjects were 8317 11-year-old children from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Iceland, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. Parents reported height and weight of the children, and BMI values were analysed using the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and the International Obesity Task Force reference populations. Continuous variables were compared with one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with Games-Howell post hoc tests. Categorical variables were analysed using chi-square tests. Results: The prevalence of overweight + obesity varied between the countries from 8.6% to 30.6% and 5.9% to 26.5%, respectively, depending on the reference population, with the lowest prevalence in Dutch girls, the highest in Portuguese boys. Obesity prevalence varied from 1.1% (Dutch and Danish girls) to 10.7% (Portuguese boys) and from 0.3% (Dutch girls) to 6.2% (Portuguese boys), respectively. Portugal and Spain had the highest prevalence of overweight and obesity for both genders. The ranking of the countries according to overweight and obesity prevalence was roughly the same, independent of reference population. The prevalence of underweight varied from 2.3% (Swedish boys) to 12.3% (Belgian boys), using the American reference population. The proportion of stunted children was highest in Portugal, Spain and Belgium. Conclusions: The highest levels of overweight, obesity and stunting in the pro children material are found in Portugal and Spain. |
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Yngve, Agneta De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse Wolf, Alexandra Grjibovski, Andrej Brug, Johannes Due, Pernille Ehrenblad, Bettina Elmadfa, Ibrahim Franchini, Bela Klepp, Knut-Inge Poortvliet, Eric Rasmussen, Mette Thorsdottir, Inga Perez Rodrigo, Carmen |
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Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The Pro Children Study |
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Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The Pro Children Study |
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