Global prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children
Organisation: World Health Association
Publish Date: 2010
Country: Global
Sector: Health
Method: Creative thinking
Theme: Food
Type: Article
Language: English
Tags: Obesity, Childhood obesity, Preschool children, Linear modelling, Developing countries, Developed countries, World Health Organisation, WHO
The objective of this study was to quantify the worldwide prevalence and trends of overweight and obesity among preschool children on the basis of the new World Health Organization standards. A total of 450 nationally representative cross-sectional surveys from 144 countries were analyzed. Overweight and obesity were defined as the proportion of preschool children with values >.2 SDs and >.3 SDs, respectively, from the World Health Organization growth standard median. Being “at risk of overweight” was defined as the proportion with values >.1 SD and
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