OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Dutch children and adolescents, to examine the 30-years trend, and to create new body mass index reference charts. DESIGN Nationwide cross-sectional data collection by trained health care professionals. PARTICIPANTS 10,129 children of Dutch origin aged 0-21 years. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Overweight (including obesity) and ob...

We examined 11-year (1997-2007) trends in underweight, overweight, and obesity in Greek children. Population data derived from a yearly, school-based health survey carried out between 1997 and 2007 in >80% of all Greek schools. Height and weight measurements from 651,582 children, aged 8-9 years (boys: 51.2%) were analyzed. The gender- and age-specific BMI cutoff points by the International Obe...

Overweight and obesity are serious health concerns for children. However, only a few studies have investigated the influence of gender on prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents in Nigeria. The objective of this study was to investigate gender influence on prevalence of overweight and obesity among Nigerian school children and adolescents. Information on age and gender ...

47 48 Objectives: Childhood obesity is a public health concern in Portugal. Socio-demographic and 49 behavioural factors are highly associated with obesity but are not clearly understood. This paper 50 aims to update the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Portuguese children and to explore 51 the influence and risks of socio-demographic factors and behavioural factors. 52 53 Methods: A cro...

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 ...

OBJECTIVE The objective of the study was to measure the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Mexican school-age children (5-11 years) in the National Nutrition Survey 1999 (NNS-1999). MATERIAL AND METHODS Overweight and obesity (defined as an excess of adipose tissue in the body) were evaluated through the Body Mass Index (BMI) in 10,901 children, using the standard proposed by the Interna...

Obesity has become a pandemic, with more than a billion people affected worldwide (1). Over the past 30 yr, the frequency of overweight children, defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than the 85th percentile for age and sex, has tripled (2). More than 30% of children in the United States are overweight or obese (BMI 95th percentile) (3). Data from the International Obesity Task Force indi...

Cancer represents a major cause of mortality globally and by 2050 will be the ill health death across world, most particularly in low- middle-income countries (LMIC). For forty years, there has been increasing recognition need to better understand how modifiable factors related diet, nutrition physical activity can influence risk cancer, responses treatment, survival. The International Collabor...