High childhood obesity in an Australian population

Title: High childhood obesity in an Australian population
Creator: Sanigorski, Andrea; Bell, Colin; Kremer, Peter; Swinburn, Boyd
Date: 2007
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/68518
Identifier: vital:779
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1038/oby.2007.226
Identifier: ISSN:1930-7381
Abstract: Objective: The objective was to determine the prevalences of overweight and obesity in regional Australian children and to examine the association between BMI and indicators of socioeconomic status (SES). Research Methods and Procedures: Regionally representative cross-sectional survey of 2184 children, 4 to 12 years of age, was conducted, and the socio-demographic characteristics of their parents from regional Victoria, Australia, 2003 to 2004, were obtained. Results: The prevalences of overweight and obesity were 19.3 ± 0.8% (proportion ± standard error) and 7.6 ± 0.6%, respectively, using international criteria, and the proportion of overweight/obese girls was significantly higher than that of boys (29.6 ± 1.4% vs. 23.9 ± 1.3%,; C1
Publisher: NAASO The Obesity Society
Relation: Obesity Vol. 15, no. 8 (2007), p. 1908-1912
Rights: Copyright NAASO
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: 1103 Clinical Sciences; Australia; Children; Socioeconomic status; Body Mass Index; Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies
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