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Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass i...
Iurilli, Maria L. C.; Zhou, Bin; Bennett, James E.; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Sophiea, Marisa K.; Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Bixby, HonorMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:30:23Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-03-01; From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in the prevalence of ...
Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass i...
Iurilli, Maria L. C.; Zhou, Bin; Bennett, James E.; Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.; Sophiea, Marisa K.; Rodriguez-Martinez, Andrea; Bixby, HonorMade available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T15:08:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-03-09; Wellcome Trust; From 1985 to 2016, the prevalence of underweight decreased, and that of obesity and severe obesity increased, in most regions, with significant variation in the magnitude of these changes across regions. We investigated how much change in mean body mass index (BMI) explains changes in th...
A Snapshot of European Children’s Eating Habits: Results from the Fourth Round ...
Williams, Julianne; Buoncristiano, Marta; Nardone, Paola; Rito, Ana Isabel; Spinelli, Angela; Hejgaard, Tatjana; Kierkegaard, Lene; Nurk, EhaConsuming a healthy diet in childhood helps to protect against malnutrition and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). This cross-sectional study described the diets of 132,489 children aged six to nine years from 23 countries participating in round four (2015-2017) of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI). Children's parents or caregivers were asked to complete a questionnaire that contai...
Prevalence of Severe Obesity among Primary School Children in 21 European Count...
Spinelli, Angela; Buoncristiano, Marta; Kovacs, Viktoria Anna; Yngve, Agneta; Spiroski, Igor; Obreja, Galina; Starc, Gregor; Pérez, NapoleónThe World Health Organization (WHO) European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was established more than 10 years ago to estimate prevalence and monitor changes in overweight and obesity in children aged 6-9 years. Since then, there have been five rounds of data collection in more than 40 countries involving more than half a million children. To date, no comparative studies with data on severe ch...
Clustering of Multiple Energy Balance-Related Behaviors in School Children and ...
Bel-Serrat, Silvia; Ojeda-Rodríguez, Ana; Heinen, Mirjam; Buoncristiano, Marta; Abdrakhmanova, Shynar; Duleva, Vesselka; Sant’Angelo, VictoriaIt is unclear how dietary, physical activity and sedentary behaviors co-occur in school-aged children. We investigated the clustering of energy balance-related behaviors and whether the identified clusters were associated with weight status. Participants were 6- to 9-year-old children (n = 63,215, 49.9% girls) from 19 countries participating in the fourth round (2015/2017) of the World Health Organization (WHO)...
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from ...
Ezzati, Majid; Bentham, James; Di Cesare, Mariachiara; Bilano, Ver; Bixby, Honor; Zhou, Bin; Stevens, Gretchen A.; Riley, Leanne M.; Taddei, CristinaMade available in DSpace on 2018-11-26T20:04:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2017-12-16; Wellcome Trust; AstraZeneca; Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cove...
Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from ...
Abarca-Gómez, Leandra; Abdeen, Ziad A~.; Hamid, Zargar Abdul; Abu-Rmeileh, Niveen M.; Acosta-Cazares, Benjamin; Acuin, Cecilia; Adams, Robert J.Background Underweight, overweight, and obesity in childhood and adolescence are associated with adverse health consequences throughout the life-course. Our aim was to estimate worldwide trends in mean body-mass index (BMI) and a comprehensive set of BMI categories that cover underweight to obesity in children and adolescents, and to compare trends with those of adults. Methods We pooled 2416 population-based s...
WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: Impact of Type of Cloth...
Wijnhoven, Trudy M.A.; van Raaij, Joop M.A.; Spinelli, Angela; Yngve, Agneta; Lissner, Lauren; Spiroski, Igor; Farrugia Sant'Angelo, VictoriaBackground. The World Health Organization European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) conducted examinations in 6–9-year-old children from 16 countries in the first two rounds of data collection. Allowing participating countries to adhere to their local legal requirements or adapt to other circumstances required developing a flexible protocol for anthropometric procedures. Objectives. (1) Review i...