Thinness, overweight and obesity in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents: CASPIAN Study

Abstract

The findings of this study warrant the necessity of paying special attention to monitoring of the time trends in child obesity based on uniform definitions, as well as to design programmes to prevent and control associated factors.

Review of the nutrition situation in the Eastern Mediterranean Region

“…Available data suggested an increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst school-age children. This was particularly true for the Islamic Republic of Iran (102,103), Lebanon (93), Qatar (104,105), Saudi Arabia (106-108), Tunisia (109,110) and Bahrain (111, 112).…”

Trends in thinness prevalence among adolescents in ten European countries and the USA (1998–2006): a cross-sectional survey

“…Recently some studies have used the international reference cut-offs (10) to describe the trends in thinness at the national level (19,(22)(23)(24) . From this point onwards, unless otherwise specified, the term 'thinness' as used in the present article refers to the cut-off identified by Cole et al ('BMI 17 at age 18').…”

“…Until 2007, when Cole et al (10) proposed international age-and sex-specific thinness cut-offs from 2 to 18 years to provide comparable prevalence rates of thinness, trends in thinness among children and adolescents had been seldom described (11) and the comparisons between countries had been difficult due to the use of several cut-off points (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, WHO and International Obesity Task Force growth references) and different terms (underweight, wasting, thinness, undernutrition), which have a different meaning in adults, adolescents and children (10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20) . In their paper, Cole et al 'tried to avoid potential confusion between the terms wasting and underweight in children by adopting the term thinness, which WHO uses to mean low BMI in adults and adolescents' and 'extended the definition to include low BMI for age in children, linked to the adult definition through the fulcrum of BMI 17 at age 18'.…”

Kırsal ve kentsel alanlarda yaşayan 11 ve 13 yaşlarındaki öğrencilerin sağlık durumları ve sağlık davranışları arasındaki farklılıklar: Türkiye sağlık davranışları araştırması 2006 sonuçları

“…Ancak farkl› gruplar›n gereksinimlerinin farkl› olabilece¤i de kabul edilmektedir (15). Örne¤in k›rsal alanda yaflayan ergenlerle kentlerde yaflayan ergenler aras›nda sa¤l›k aç›s›n-dan eflitsizliklerin oldu¤u çeflitli çal›flmalarda gösterilmifltir (15,16,19,(26)(27)(28)(29)(30)(31)(32).…”

“…K›z-larda ise fliflmanl›k ile yerleflim yeri aras›nda iliflki yoktu. ‹ran'da ve Tunus'ta yap›lan araflt›rmalarda da benzer sonuçlar bulunmufltur (27,29 ise hem k›rsal hem de kentsel alanda yaflayan ergenler aras›nda fliflmanl›¤›n giderek artt›¤›, ancak, kentsel alanda ve erkekler aras›nda fliflmanl›k art›fl h›z›n›n daha belirgin oldu¤u gösterilmifltir (46). K›rkbir ülkenin HBSC 2006 verileri ile yerleflim yeri dikkate al›nmadan yap›lan bir araflt›rmada da ülkelerin pek ço¤unda erkekler aras›nda fazla kilolu¤un k›z-lara göre daha yayg›n oldu¤u saptanm›flt›r (42).…”