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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
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