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- Title
Alarming prevalences of overweight and obesity for children of Turkish, Moroccan and Dutch origin in The Netherlands according to international standards.
- Authors
Fredriks, A. Miranda; Van Buuren, Stef; Hira Sing, Remy A.; Wit, Jan Maarten; Verloove-Vanhorick, S. Pauline; Sing, Remy A Hira
- Abstract
<bold>Aim: </bold>Prevalences of overweight in The Netherlands, defined by international cut-off points, are presented in 14 500 children of Dutch origin, 2904 of Turkish and 2855 of Moroccan origin, aged 0-21 y.<bold>Results: </bold>The mean prevalence for Turkish boys and girls was 23.4% and 30.2%, for Moroccans 15.8% and 24.5%, for Dutch youths in large cities 12.6% and 16.5%, and for other Dutch participants 8.7% and 11.3%, respectively.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The development of adequate prevention strategies is urgently needed.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; CHILDHOOD obesity; OVERWEIGHT children; CHILDREN
- Publication
Acta Paediatrica, 2005, Vol 94, Issue 4, p496
- ISSN
0803-5253
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1651-2227.2005.tb01923.x