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Using different growth references to measure thinness and overweight among Swedish primary school children showed considerable variations
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- Nilsen, Bente B., 1960- (author)
- Örebro universitet,Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan,Department of Nursing and Health Promotion, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Science, Oslo, Norway,Örebro universitet, Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan
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- Yngve, Agneta, 1953- (author)
- Sophiahemmet Högskola,Örebro universitet,Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan,Sophiahemmet University, Stockholm, Sweden,Mat på tvärs,Örebro universitet, Restaurang- och hotellhögskolan
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- Sjöberg, Agneta, 1956 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kost- och idrottsvetenskap,Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science
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- Moraeus, Lotta, 1981 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för kost- och idrottsvetenskap,Department of Food and Nutrition, and Sport Science
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- Lissner, Lauren, 1956 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för medicin, avdelningen för samhällsmedicin och folkhälsa,Institute of Medicine, School of Public Health and Community Medicine
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- Werner, Bo, 1946- (author)
- Örebro universitet,Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper,School of Hospitality, Culinary Arts and Meal Science, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden,Örebro universitet, Institutionen för medicinska vetenskaper
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- 2016-04-24
- 2016
- English.
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In: Acta Paediatrica. - West Sussex, United Kingdom : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.. - 0803-5253 .- 1651-2227. ; 105:10, s. 1158-1165
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- Aim: The study compared how four different growth references determined the prevalence of thinness and overweight, based on height and weight measurements from a nationally representative sample of Swedish children from seven to nine years of age.Methods: The height and weight measurements of 4,518 Swedish schoolchildren aged seven to nine years were carried out in 2008 using a standardised protocol. The prevalence of different degrees of thinness and overweight were calculated using international growth references from the World Health Organization, the International Obesity Task Force and two Swedish growth references from Werner and Karlberg.Results: Depending on which growth reference we used, the prevalence of different degrees of thinness varied from 7.5%-16.9% for the boys and 6.9%-13.7% for the girls, while for the prevalence of overweight, including obesity and severe obesity, varied from 16.5%-25.7% for the boys and 18.2-25.2% for the girls. There were also significant gender differences depending on the growth reference we used.Conclusion: Using four different growth references, two international and two Swedish, produced wide variations in the prevalence of thinness and overweight, together with significant gender differences. In the absence of a global definition, we need both national and international growth references.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Näringslära (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Nutrition and Dietetics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Pediatrik (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Pediatrics (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Body mass index cut-off levels
- childhood
- crowth surveillance
- obesity
- underweight
- Måltidskunskap
- Culinary Arts and Meal Science
- Nutrition
- Näringslära
- Pediatrik
- Pediatrics
- body mass index cut-off levels; childhood; growth surveillance; obesity; underweight
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