Mexican anthropometric percentiles for ages 10–18

Del-Río-Navarro, Blanca E.; Velázquez-Monroy, Oscar; Santos-Preciado, José Ignacio; Lara-Esqueda, Agustín; Berber, Arturo; Loredo-Abdalá, Arturo; Violante-Ortiz, Rafael; Tapia-Conyer, Roberto

doi:10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602612

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“…We undertook the same analysis for data from Mexico in 2000, 48 a time when 25% of boys and 28% of girls were reported to be overweight or obese, according to their BMI. 49 Again, we found an average energy deficit on the basis of the children’s median weights compared with WHO’s reference values.…”

Section: Energy Balance In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

et al. 2015

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The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity has risen substantially worldwide in less than one generation. In the USA, the average weight of a child has risen by more than 5 kg within three decades, to a point where a third of the country’s children are overweight or obese. Some low-income and middle-income countries have reported similar or more rapid rises in child obesity, despite continuing high levels of undernutrition. Nutrition policies to tackle child obesity need to promote healthy growth and household nutrition security and protect children from inducements to be inactive or to overconsume foods of poor nutritional quality. The promotion of energy-rich and nutrient-poor products will encourage rapid weight gain in early childhood and exacerbate risk factors for chronic disease in all children, especially those showing poor linear growth. Whereas much public health effort has been expended to restrict the adverse marketing of breastmilk substitutes, similar effort now needs to be expanded and strengthened to protect older children from increasingly sophisticated marketing of sedentary activities and energy-dense, nutrient-poor foods and beverages. To meet this challenge, the governance of food supply and food markets should be improved and commercial activities subordinated to protect and promote children’s health.

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Section: Energy Balance In Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

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“…In many countries, BMI reference data are used or recommended as part of monitoring children's growth (2,(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21). Such reference data are often based on representative data from a given country.…”

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Childhood Obesity: Are We All Speaking the Same Language?

Flegal

Ogden

2011

Advances in Nutrition

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Terminology and measures used in studies of weight and adiposity in children can be complex and confusing. Differences arise in metrics, terminology, reference values, and reference levels. Most studies depend on body mass index (BMI) calculated from weight and height, rather than on more direct measures of body fatness. Definitions of overweight and obesity are generally statistical rather than risk-based and use a variety of different reference data sets for BMI. As a result, different definitions often do not give the same results. A basic problem is the lack of strong evidence for any one particular definition. Rather than formulate the question as being one of how to define obesity, it might be useful to consider what BMI cut-points best predict future health risks and how efficiently to screen for such risks. The answers may be different for different populations. In addition, rather than depending solely on BMI to make screening decisions, it is likely to be useful to also consider other factors, including not only race-ethnicity, sex and age, but also factors such as family history. Despite their limitations, BMI-based definitions of overweight and obesity provide working practical definitions that are valuable for general public health surveillance and screening.

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“…Reference values from national studies have been developed in some countries (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1991;Must et al, 1991a;Cole et al, 1995;Lindgren et al, 1995;Luciano et al, 1997;Cacciari et al, 2002;Moreno et al, 2006;Del-Rio-Navarro et al, 2007). In Germany, for example, national reference values for BMI in children are based on the best available data at the time (1985)(1986)(1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994)(1995)(1996)(1997)(1998)(1999).…”

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Body mass index percentiles for children and adolescents in Germany based on a nationally representative sample (KiGGS 2003–2006)

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Objective: To present body mass index (BMI) percentiles representative for children in Germany and to compare them with the currently used percentiles by Kromeyer-Hauschild (KH) and international percentiles of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Methods: Representative examination survey of 17 641 children and adolescents aged 0-17 years living in Germany (KiGGS 2003(KiGGS -2006 study, response rate 67%) with standardized measurement of height and weight. Results: Generally, BMI in KiGGS was higher than in the reference populations from previous decades. KiGGS shows an asymmetric upward shift of the BMI distribution from about age 6 years and an earlier adiposity rebound compared with KH. The BMI peak in the first year of life is shown by KiGGS and WHO, but much less by KH. The cut-offs for overweight and obesity determined with the IOTF methodology in KiGGS (percentiles corresponding to BMI 25 and 30 kg/m 2 at 18 years of age) were similar to IOTF cut-offs from age 18 to 10 years but systematically lower for younger children. Conclusions: The KiGGS BMI percentiles appear more valid for Germany than present alternatives and should be used for population monitoring. Despite their methodological limitations, the general shape of the older German KH references is confirmed by KiGGS for the ages 2-17 years. In order not to obscure the increase in obesity rates in the last decades, we therefore propose to continue using KH for individual diagnosis and estimation of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in this age range.

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Mexican anthropometric percentiles for ages 10–18

Cited by 32 publications

References 31 publications

Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

Child and adolescent obesity: part of a bigger picture

Childhood Obesity: Are We All Speaking the Same Language?

Body mass index percentiles for children and adolescents in Germany based on a nationally representative sample (KiGGS 2003–2006)

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