scholarly journals Monitoring children and adolescents with severe obesity: body mass index (BMI), BMI z ‐score or percentage above the International Obesity Task Force overweight cut‐off?

2019 ◽  
Vol 108 (12) ◽  
pp. 2261-2266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne L. Løkling ◽  
Mathieu Roelants ◽  
Kristin G. Kommedal ◽  
Hanna Skjåkødegård ◽  
Ellen M. Apalset ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Severe Obesity ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Z Score ◽  
International Obesity Task Force

Severe obesity is a limitation for the use of body mass index standard deviation scores in children and adolescents

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pétur B. Júlíusson ◽  
Mathieu Roelants ◽  
Beate Benestad ◽  
Samira Lekhal ◽  
Yngvild Danielsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Standard Deviation ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Severe Obesity

scholarly journals Thinness, overweight and obesity in indigenous youth in Oaxaca, 1970 and 2007

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 387 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M Malina ◽  
María Eugenia Peña-Reyes ◽  
Guillermo Bali-Chávez ◽  
Bertis B Little
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
School Children ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Indigenous Youth

Objective. To evaluate change in body mass index (BMI) and weight status of indigenous youth in Oaxaca between the 1970s and 2007. Materials and methods. Heights and weights were measured in cross-sectional samples of school children 6-14 years in the 1970s (2 897) and 2007 (4 305); BMI was calculated. International Obesity Task Force cutoffs for weight status were used. BMI and prevalence of severe and moderate thinness, overweight and obesity were compared by year. Results. BMI increased significantly across time. Primary change in weight status occurred in overweight, 1970s, <2%; 2007, 7 to 12%. Little change occurred in thinness (<2%) and obesity (≤1%) in both surveys, except in children 6-9 years (obesity=4% in 2007). Conclusion. BMI and prevalence of overweight increased across all ages from the 1970s to 2007, but children 6-9 years appeared to be more at risk for obesity than youth 10-14 years. Prevalence of thinness was unchanged.

scholarly journals Comparison of different reference tables and threshold values of body mass indices for the estimation of the prevalence of overweight, underweight, and obesity in schoolchildren

2010 ◽  
Vol 56 (6) ◽  
pp. 9-13
Author(s):  
E G Vaĭnilovich ◽  
L I Danilova ◽  
Zh L Sretenskaia ◽  
S A Zapol'skiĭ
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Threshold Values ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Total Group ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
The City

The objective of the present work was to compare the prevalence of overweight, underweight, and obesity in 725 children and adolescents residing in the city of Minsk based on a variety of reference tables and criteria for body mass index ( BMI ). It was shown that the prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in the total group varied from 17.3% (Centre for disease Control and Prevention, CDC) to 25.6% (France) and that of obesity from 3.9% (International Obesity Task Force, IOTF) to 13.8% (France). The prevalence of underweight was estimated at 2.6% to 8.4% (WHO SD and IOFT respectively). There was an excellent agreement between the data of the BMI percentile tables constructed at Grodno, Republic of Belarus (2000) and WHO (2007). The study has demonstrated the high prevalence of overweight in Belorussian schoolchildren whatever type of reference BMI tables is used whereas the prevalence of obesity and underweight varies considerably depending on the BMI criteria employed for its estimation.

Screening Performances of the International Obesity Task Force Body Mass Index Cut-Off Values in Adolescents

2006 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luis A. Moreno ◽  
María G. Blay ◽  
Gerardo Rodríguez ◽  
Vicente A. Blay ◽  
María I. Mesana ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Task Force ◽  
International Obesity Task Force

scholarly journals Nutritional status of children and adolescents based on body mass index: agreement between World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto ◽  
Marcos Roberto Brasil ◽  
Vinicius Machado Oliveira ◽  
Schelyne Ribas da Silva ◽  
Enio Ricardo V. Ronque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Weighted Kappa ◽  
World Health ◽  
Kappa Index ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Health Organization

Objective: To investigate the agreement between two international criteria for classification of children and adolescents nutritional status. Methods: The study included 778 girls and 863 boys aged from six to 13 years old. Body mass and height were measured and used to calculate the body mass index. Nutritional status was classified according to the cut-off points defined by the World Health Organization and the International Obesity Task Force. The agreement was evaluated using Kappa statistic and weighted Kappa. Results: In order to classify the nutritional status, the agreement between the criteria was higher for the boys (Kappa 0.77) compared to girls (Kappa 0.61). The weighted Kappa was also higher for boys (0.85) in comparison to girls (0.77). Kappa index varied according to age. When the nutritional status was classified in only two categories - appropriate (thinness + accentuated thinness + eutrophy) and overweight (overweight + obesity + severe obesity) -, the Kappa index presented higher values than those related to the classification in six categories. Conclusions : A substantial agreement was observed between the criteria, being higher in males and varying according to the age.

scholarly journals A Follow-up Study of Overweight Children and Adolescents with Diet Therapy Adjusted by Indirect Calorimetry

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
pp. 029-034
Author(s):  
Gabriela Koglin ◽  
Carlos Alberto Nogueira-de-Almeida ◽  
Mariur Gomes Beghetto ◽  
Elza Daniel de Mello
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Indirect Calorimetry ◽  
Repeated Measures ◽  
Diet Therapy ◽  
Excess Weight ◽  
Dietary Management ◽  
Z Score

Abstract Introduction Changes in lifestyle have led to an increase in the prevalence of excess weight. Several interventions intended to reverse this situation have been tested. Methods We evaluated changes in the z-score for body mass index in children and adolescents after dietary management adjusted by indirect calorimetry. During 1 year, a monthly follow-up was performed on 27 children and adolescents (8–15 years) with overweight/obesity (z-score for body mass index ≥ + 1); body weight and stature measurements were collected at inclusion, at 6, and at 12 months after indirect calorimetry. Each participant received a diet adjusted by the value of indirect calorimetry. The basal metabolic rate (BMR) was evaluated to understand how to behave according to the bodily changes induced by the intervention. For statistical analyses, repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) were performed. Results The z-score for body mass index showed a reduction by the end of the study (-0.17 ± 0.05 [p = 0.014]). The BMR dropped during the first 6 months but returned to baseline values after 12 months (p = 0.231). Conclusion Dietary management adjusted by BMR for obese children and adolescents with excess weight, with monthly appointments, was effective after 12 months of intervention; the weight loss did not cause significant change of BMR in this period.

scholarly journals Social inequalities and trends in pre-pregnancy body mass index in Swedish women

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina E. Lundberg ◽  
Maria Ryd ◽  
Martin Adiels ◽  
Annika Rosengren ◽  
Lena Björck
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Severe Obesity ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Global Trends ◽  
Medical Birth Register ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Swedish Medical

AbstractObesity rates in adolescence and young adulthood have increased in Sweden, reflecting global trends. To which extent this occurs across different socioeconomic strata has not been clarified. The aim of the present study was to investigate trends in social inequalities in body mass index (BMI) in young/mid-adulthood Swedish women. We obtained weight and height for all women aged 20–45 years, at their first registered pregnancy (< 12 weeks of gestation) in the Swedish Medical Birth Register 1982–2013 (1,022,330, mean age = 28.8 years), documenting education and county of residence. Trends in mean BMI and in the prevalence of BMI categories between 1982 and 2013 were estimated across education levels and geographical location. Overall, mean BMI increased from 22.7 kg/m2 (SD 3.2) to 24.3 kg/m2 (SD 4.4) between 1982 and 2013. Simultaneously, the prevalence of overweight and obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2) increased from 18.1 to 33.4% while that of moderate obesity (BMI ≥ 30 to < 35 kg/m2) and severe obesity (BMI ≥ 35 kg/m2) increased markedly from 3.4 and 0.4% to 7.4 and 3.1%, respectively. The prevalence of moderate and severe obesity more than doubled during the study period across all educational levels. In conclusion, BMI and moderate and severe obesity increased markedly among young/mid-adulthood Swedish women regardless of education with a widening gap between those with lower and higher education. These growing social inequalities in BMI are likely to cause a rising divide in serious health problems following early and long-lasting obesity.

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