| Title: |
Thinness, overweight, and obesity in 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children from 36 countries: The World Health Organization European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative - COSI 2015-2017 |
| Authors: |
Spinelli, Angela; Buoncristiano, Marta; Nardone, Paola; Starc, Gregor; Hejgaard, Tatjana; Júlíusson, Petur Benedikt; Fismen, Anne‐Siri; Weghuber, Daniel; Musić Milanović, Sanja; García‐Solano, Marta; Rutter, Harry; Rakovac, Ivo; Cucu, Alexandra; Brinduse, Lacramioara Aurelia; Rito, Ana Isabel; Kovacs, Viktoria Anna; Heinen, Mirjam M.; Nurk, Eha; Mäki, Päivi; Abdrakhmanova, Shynar; Rakhmatulleoeva, Sanavbar; Duleva, Vesselka; Farrugia Sant'Angelo, Victoria; Fijałkowska, Anna; Gualtieri, Andrea; Sacchini, Elena; Hassapidou, Maria; Hyska, Jolanda; Kelleher, Cecily C.; Kujundžić, Enisa; Kunešová, Marie; Markidou Ioannidou, Eliza; Ostojic, Sergej M.; Peterkova, Valentina; Petrauskienė, Aušra; Popović, Stevo; Pudule, Iveta; Russell Jonsson, Kenisha; Dal‐Re Saavedra, Maria Ángeles; Salanave, Benoît; Shengelia, Lela; Spiroski, Igor; Tanrygulyyeva, Maya; Tichá, Ľubica; Usupova, Zhamilya; Ozcebe, Lütfiye Hilal; Abildina, Akbota; Schindler, Karin; Weber, Martin W.; Filipović Hadžiomeragić, Aida; Melkumova, Marina; Stojisavljević, Dragana; Boymatova, Khadichamo; Williams, Julianne; Breda, João |
| Publisher Information: |
Wiley/ World Obesity Federation |
| Publication Year: |
2022 |
| Collection: |
National Health Institute, Portugal: Repositório Científico |
| Subject Terms: |
Malnutrition; Obesity; Prevention; Thinness; European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative; WHO; World Health Organization; Europe; Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde; Saúde Pública; Portugal |
| Description: |
In 2015-2017, the fourth round of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was conducted in 36 countries. National representative samples of children aged 6–9 (203,323) were measured by trained staff, with similar equipment and using a standardized protocol. This paper assesses the children's body weight status and compares the burden of childhood overweight, obesity, and thinness in Northern, Eastern, and Southern Europe and Central Asia. The results show great geographic variability in height, weight, and body mass index. On average, the children of Northern Europe were the tallest, those of Southern Europe the heaviest, and the children living in Central Asia the lightest and the shortest. Overall, 28.7% of boys and 26.5% of girls were overweight (including obesity) and 2.5% and 1.9%, respectively, were thin according to the WHO definitions. The prevalence of obesity varied from 1.8% of boys and 1.1% of girls in Tajikistan to 21.5% and 19.2%, respectively, in Cyprus, and tended to be higher for boys than for girls. Levels of thinness, stunting, and underweight were relatively low, except in Eastern Europe (for thinness) and in Central Asia. Despite the efforts to halt it, unhealthy weight status is still an important problem in the WHO European Region. ; The authors gratefully acknowledge support from a grant from the Russian Government in the context of the WHO European Office for the Prevention and Control of NCDs. Data collection in the countries was made possible through funding from the following: Albania: WHO through the Joint Programme on Children, Food Security and Nutrition “Reducing Malnutrition in Children,” funded by the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund, and the Institute of Public Health; Austria: Federal Ministry of Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, Republic of Austria; Bulgaria: Ministry of Health, National Center of Public Health and Analyses, WHO Regional Office for Europe; Croatia: Ministry of Health, ... |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
Obes Rev. 2021 Nov;22(Suppl 6):e13214. doi:10.1111/obr.13214. Epub 2021 Jul 7; http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7951 |
| DOI: |
10.1111/obr.13214 |
| Availability: |
http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/7951; https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13214 |
| Rights: |
openAccess ; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.FF2D385B |
| Database: |
BASE |