Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kumar, H N Harsha
• Mohanan, Padma
• Kotian, Shashidhar
• Sajjan, B S
• Kumar, S Ganesh

Titel

Prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool children in semi urban South India

Ist Teil von

• Indian pediatrics, 2008-06, Vol.45 (6), p.497-449

Ort / Verlag

India

Erscheinungsjahr

2008

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• This study was conducted to ascertain the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 425 pre-school children (2 to 5 years) using the new Child Growth Standards released by the World Health Organization. Overweight and obesity were defined as body mass index (BMI) > 85th and 95th percentiles for that age and sex, respectively. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 4.5% and 1.4%, respectively.