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Title: | Prevalence of overweight and obesity in 3-to-10-year-old children: assessment of different cut-off criteria WHO-IOTF | Authors: | Gama, Augusta Marques, Vitor Rosado Rodrigues, Aristides M. Machado Nogueira, Helena Mourão, Isabel Padez, Cristina |
Keywords: | Childhood obesity; obesity; overweight; pre-school children; WHO-IOTF references | Issue Date: | 2020 | Project: | FCT - grant (FCOMP-01-0124- FEDER-007483) | metadata.degois.publication.title: | Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias | metadata.degois.publication.volume: | 92 | metadata.degois.publication.issue: | 2 | Abstract: | This study compares the prevalence of overweight and obesity between WHO/IOTF criteria. A total of 17,277 Portuguese children aged 3-10 years old were analysed. The prevalences of overweight-obesity were higher at WHO classification (19.8%-20.7%) than at IOTF classification (8.2%-16.1%), (p<0.001). Agreement between the criteria were substantial for overweight (Kappa= 0.67, p<0.001) and moderate for obesity (Kappa= 0.47, p<0.001). The prevalences ratio for inequality between criteria were greater for boys than for girls and lesser for children aged 6-7 than children aged 8-10 years old. The disparities between the two criteria and the higher overweight obesity prevalences highlight the needs to develop more studies. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10316/101352 | ISSN: | 1678-2690 0001-3765 |
DOI: | 10.1590/0001-3765202020190449 | Rights: | openAccess |
Appears in Collections: | I&D CIAS - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais FLUC Geografia - Artigos em Revistas Internacionais |
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