The predictive value of childhood body mass index values for overweight at age 35 y

Guo, Shutao; Roche, Alex F.; Chumlea, Wm. Cameron; Gardner, Jane; Siervogel, Roger M.

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“…For example, in the ZLS, 10% of 12 y-old girls had a BMI 20.7 and 3% had a BMI 22.4; in the present study, the corresponding percentages for 12 y-old girls were 33% and 26%. Although obesity may contribute to morbidity in childhood (for example, as a risk factor for childhood hypertension), its main importance as a public health problem is that it commonly tracks into adulthood (Rolland-Cachera et al, 1987;Guo et al, 1994;Must & Strauss, 1999). In the US, the risk of developing adult obesity (BMI 28) in children aged b 9 y who are obese approaches 80% at age 35 y (Guo & Chumlea, 1999).…”

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A national study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6–12 y-old Swiss children: body mass index, body-weight perceptions and goals

2000

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Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Swiss children and to obtain information on weight perceptions and weight control practices in this population. Design: Cross-sectional, three-stage, probability-proportionate-to-size cluster sampling. Setting: Middle schools throughout Switzerland. Subjects: A representative national sample of 595 6 ± 12 y-old schoolchildren. Intervention: Measurement of weight and height; interview on weight perceptions and weight control practices. Results: Body mass index (BMI) was calculated and used as an indicator of overweight. The BMIs of the Swiss children were compared with US, UK, French and Swiss reference data. Depending on which reference data were used, the prevalence of obesity varied between 9.7 and 16.1% and the prevalence of overweight varied between 21.7 and 34.2%. Girls were signi®cantly more likely to consider themselves too fat (26% and 15%, respectively) and to report currently trying to lose weight (30% and 18%, respectively) compared to boys (P`0.05). Conclusions: The prevalence of overweight in Swiss children, and its attendant health and social consequences, are important public health concerns.

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A national study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6–12 y-old Swiss children: body mass index, body-weight perceptions and goals

2000

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“…Persistence of childhood obesity into adulthood has been shown by several studies (Rolland Cachera et al, 1987;Siervogel et al, 1991;Serdula et al, 1993). Guo et al (1994) have shown that overweight during childhood, especially beyond 8 years, is an important risk factor for overweight at the age of 35 years. Obesity in adolescents is not only associated with hypertension and abnormal lipid profile, but also shows clustering of risk factors for cardiovascular disease (Chu et al, 1998).…”

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Blood pressure among overweight adolescents from urban school children in Pune, India

2006

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Objectives: To examine the magnitude of overweight and its association with blood pressure (BP) among adolescents. Design: Cross-sectional study with all children in age range 9-16 years (n ¼ 1146 boys and 1077 girls) from two schools catering to urban affluent high socio-economic class (HSE), for anthropometric measurements by trained investigators and BP measurement by a pediatrician using sphygmomanometer. Results: The prevalence of overweight based on conventional body mass index (BMI) cutoff was 27.5% for boys and 20.9% for girls but varied for different indicators. Prevalence of high systolic blood pressure (HSBP) was 12.0% in boys and 9.7% in girls and increased with increasing levels of BMI, weight, triceps skin fold thickness (TSFT) and percent body fat. Mean level of SBP among overweight children was significantly (Po0.001) higher by about 12 mm Hg, whereas that for diastolic blood pressure was higher by 8 mm Hg (Po0.001) as compared to their non-overweight (age, sex-matched) counterparts. This was true in both sexes and for all indicators used for assessing overweight. Prevalence of HSBP increased suddenly beyond BMI value of 20 kg/m 2 in boys and 21.5 kg/m 2 in girls, beyond TSFT value of 12 mm for boys and 14 mm for girls whereas such cutoffs for body fat were above 25% in both sexes. These cutoffs appear much lower than the conventional ones and therefore indicate the need for validation of conventional cutoffs in different populations. Conclusions: Our findings highlight that BP measurement needs to be a routine part of physical examination in school children, and the use of cutoffs anchored to metabolic risks may be essential for assessment of obesity.

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“…[4][5][6]14 Overweight is associated with many diseases, 1,[15][16][17] and the greater the degree of overweight as a child, the greater the likelihood that child will be overweight as an adult. 18,19 Extensive research addressing the intersection of TV use and child overweight has included known risk factors for child overweight, such as sociodemographics (e.g., gender, ethnicity, household income, parent education), 20,21 dietary intake (amounts and types of foods eaten), 13 presence of TV at meals, 12 perception of parental weight status 5,20 and measures of physical activity. 4,22 However, studies of TV use and child overweight have largely overlooked the presence of a TV in a child's bedroom.…”

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Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight

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Objective: We examined having a TV in the bedroom as a risk factor for child overweight. Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: School-and telephone-based surveys in New Hampshire and Vermont between 2002 and 2004. Participants: Two thousand three hundred and forty-three children enrolled in public schools, aged 9-12 years, and one of their parents. Main exposures: The child having a TV in the bedroom. Main outcome measures: Age-and gender-standardized child body mass index (zBMI). Overweight was defined as equal to or above the 95th percentile for zBMI. Results: Overall, 22.3% (N ¼ 523) of the children were overweight, and almost half of all children (48.2%, N ¼ 1130) had a TV in their bedroom. Children with a TV in their bedroom had a higher zBMI and were significantly more likely to be overweight compared to those without a TV in their bedroom (27.3 versus 17.7%, respectively; Po0.05). After controlling for sociodemographics, physical activity, frequency of TV or movie watching and internet use, children with a TV in their bedroom who watched at least one session of TV or movies per day were more likely to be overweight compared to those without a TV in their bedroom (odds ratio ¼ 1.32, 95% confidence interval: 1.03, 1.70).

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The predictive value of childhood body mass index values for overweight at age 35 y

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A national study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6–12 y-old Swiss children: body mass index, body-weight perceptions and goals

A national study of the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6–12 y-old Swiss children: body mass index, body-weight perceptions and goals

Blood pressure among overweight adolescents from urban school children in Pune, India

Children with a TV in their bedroom at higher risk for being overweight

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