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Overweight more pre...
Overweight more prevalent among children than among adolescents
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- Holmbäck, Ulf (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Klinisk nutrition och metabolism
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- Fridman, Jennifer (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Pediatrik
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- Gustafsson, Jan (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Barnendokrinologisk forskning/Tuvemo
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- Proos, Lemm (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Barnendokrinologisk forskning/Tuvemo
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- Sundelin, Claes (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Allmänpediatrisk forskning/Nordvall
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- Forslund, Anders (författare)
- Uppsala universitet,Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa,Barnendokrinologisk forskning/Tuvemo
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- John Wiley & Sons, 2007
- 2007
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: Acta Paediatrica. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 96:4, s. 577-581
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Abstract
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- Aims To study if there is a change in paediatric overweight/obesity prevalence from 1982 to 2002 in a population with a high proportion of post-graduate education. Design Two samples of children in Uppsala County, Sweden, were compared: children who were 4, 10 and 16 year old in 1982; or 4, 10 and 16 year old in 2002. Mean BMI (in the lowest 10%, middle 50% and highest 10%) and ISO-BMI ('age adjusted BMI') cut-off values were calculated in each age and gender group. Results Using the mean BMI or ISO-BMI cut-off values, the BMI-distribution shifted from 1982 to 2002. More 4- and 10-year-old girls and boys were overweight/obese, although this shift was larger in girls. No shift was seen in the 16-year-olds, only the middle 50% group in the 16-year-old girls had a slight increase of their mean BMI. In the 2002 4-year-old, and both 10-year-old samples, a higher proportion of the girls were overweight/obese compared to the boys, but no difference was seen in the 16-year-old sample. Conclusion Young children, especially girls, have become much more overweight/obese during the past 20 years, despite a high proportion of post-graduate education in the population. The lack of major change in 16-year-olds may suggest a rather recent change in the children's environment/lifestyle.
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- Body mass index
- Epidemiology
- Gender
- Trends
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
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- ref (ämneskategori)
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