Nutritional state of Polish prepubertal children assessed by population-specific and international standards

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 276-280

  Matusik, P ^a   Malecka Tendera, E ^a   Klimek, K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Body mass index references; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Underweight (thinness)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POLAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 33847234328     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00133.x     Document Type: Article

References (25)

1. Troiano RP, Briefel RR, Carroll MD, Bialostosky K. Energy and fat intake of children and adolescents in the United States: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. Am J Clin Nutr 2000; 72(Suppl): 1343-53.
2. 2) and triceps skinfold thickness. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 53: 839-46.
3. Rolland-Cachera MF, Cole TJ, Sempe M, Tichet J, Rossignol C, Charraud A. Body mass index variations: centiles from birth to 87 years. Eur J Clin Nutr 1991; 45: 13-21.
4. Cacciari E, Milani S, Balsamo A, Dammacco F, deLuca F, Chiarelli F, et al. Italian cross-sectional growth charts for height, weight and BMI (6-20y). Eur J Clin Nutr 2002; 56: 171-80.
5. Cole TJ, Freeman JV, Preece MA. Body mass index reference curves for the UK, 1990. Arch Dis Child 1995; 73: 25-9.
6. Cole TJ, Roede MJ. Centiles of body mass index for Dutch children aged 0-20 years in 1980-a baseline to assess recent trends in obesity. Ann Hum Biol 1999; 26: 303-8.
7. Lindgren G, Strandell A, Cole TJ, Healy M, Tanner J (1995): Swedish population reference standards for height, weight and body mass index attained at 6 to 16 years (girls) or 19 years (boys). Acta Paediatr 1995; 84: 1019-28.
8. Schaefer F, Georgi M, Wuhl E, Scharer K. Body mass index and percentage fat mass in healthy German schoolchildren and adolescents. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1998; 22: 461-9.
9. Cole TJ, Belizzi MC, Flegal KM, Dietz WH. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. BMJ 2000; 320: 1240-42.
10. Palczewska I, Niedzwiedzka Z. Siatki centylowe do oceny rozwoju somatycznego dzieci i mlodziezy. 1999; Polish Institute of Mother's and Child's Health Warsaw, Poland:
11. Lehingue Y. The European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG) project: the European collaborative study on the prevalence of obesity in children. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 70: 166-8.
12. De Ridder CM, De Boer RW, Seidell JC, Nieuwenhoff CM, Jeneson JA, Bakker CJ, et al. Body fat distribution in pubertal girls quantified by magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 1992; 16: 443-9.
13. Seidell JC, Oosterlee A, Deurenberg P, Hautrast JG, Ruijs JH. Abdominal fat depots measured with computed tomography: effects of degree of obesity, sex and age. Eur J Clin Nutr 1988; 42: 805-15.
14. Cogill B. Anthropometric indicators measurement guide. Food and nutrition technical assistance project. 2001; Washington: Academy for Educational Development
15. Savva SC, Kourides Y, Tornaritis M, Epiphaniou-Savva M, Chadjigeorgiou C, Kafatos A. Obesity in children and adolescents in Cyprus. Prevalence and predisposing factors. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2002; 26: 1036-45.
16. Flegal KM, Ogden CL, Wei R, Kuczmarski RJ, Johnson CL. Prevalence of overweight in US children: comparison of US growth charts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with other references values for body mass index. Am J Clin Nutr 2001; 73: 1086-93.
17. Rolland-Cashera MF, Castetbon K, Arnault N, Ballisle F, Romano MC, Lehingue Y, et al. Body mass index in 7-9-y-old French children: frequency of obesity, overweight and thinness. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2002; 26: 1610-16.
18. Petersen S, Brulin C, Bergstrom E. Increasing prevalence of overweight in schoolchildren in Umea, Sweden, from 1986 to 2001. Acta Paediatr 2001; 92: 848-53.
19. Moreno L, Sarria A, Fleta J, Rodriguez G, Bueno M. Trends in body mass index and overweight prevalence among children and adolescents in the region of Aragon (Spain) from 1985 to 1995. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000; 24: 925-31.
20. Fu WPC, Lee HC, Ng CJ, Tay YKD, Kau CY, Seow CJ, et al. Screening for childhood obesity: international vs population-specific definition. Which is more appropriate? Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2003; 27: 1121-26.
21. Reilly JJ, Dorosty AR, Emmet PM, and The ALSPAC Study Team. Identification of the obese child: adequacy of the body mass index for clinical practice and epidemiology. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 2000; 24: 1623-7.
22. Reilly JJ. An assessment of childhood obesity: National reference data or international approach? Obes Res 2002; 10: 838-40.
23. Oblacinska A, Wroclawska M, Woynarowska B. Frequency of overweight and obesity in the school-age population in Poland and health care for pupils with these disorders. Ped Pol 1997; 72: 241-5.
24. Mazur A, Malecka-Tendera E, Lewin-Kowalik J. Overweight and obesity in primary school children from the Podkarpatian region. Ped Pol 2001; 76: 743-8.
25. Werner B, Bodin L Growth from birth to age 19 for children in Sweden born in 1981: descriptive values. Acta Paediatr 2006; 95: 600-13.