Decrease in the prevalence of paediatric adiposity in Switzerland from 2002 to 2007

Public Health Nutrition

Luciano Molinari¹  Rachel S Ammann¹  Isabelle Aeberli¹  Michael B Zimmermann¹  Marisa Knabenhans¹ 

关键词: Overweight;    Underweight;    Switzerland;    Childhood obesity prevalence;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980009991558

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveA national study in Switzerland in 2002 suggested nearly one in five schoolchildren was overweight. Since then, many programmes have been introduced in an attempt to control the problem. The aim of the present study was to determine the prevalence of childhood overweight in Switzerland five years later.DesignIn both studies a cross-sectional, three-stage, probability-proportional-to-size cluster sampling of schools throughout Switzerland was used to obtain a representative sample of approximately 2500 children aged 6–13 years. Height and weight were measured and BMI calculated. The BMI references from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were used to determine the prevalences of underweight (

【 授权许可】

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