T J Cole1, M J Roede. 1. MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge, UK. Tim.Cole@ich.ucl.ac.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To document the distribution of body mass index (BMI) in Holland in 1980 when obesity was uncommon. DESIGN: Nationally representative growth survey. SUBJECTS: Forty-one-thousand boys and girls age 0-20 years. METHOD: BMI centiles based on the original height and weight data were derived using the LMS method. RESULTS: Median BMI showed the familiar pattern of a rise in the first year, followed by a fall, then a second rise after 6 years. The level of overweight was less than for children from the USA, France and Norway measured at the same time or earlier. CONCLUSIONS: Dutch children in 1980 were relatively free of obesity, so the BMI centiles are a suitable baseline to monitor international trends in obesity since then.
OBJECTIVE: To document the distribution of body mass index (BMI) in Holland in 1980 when obesity was uncommon. DESIGN: Nationally representative growth survey. SUBJECTS: Forty-one-thousand boys and girls age 0-20 years. METHOD: BMI centiles based on the original height and weight data were derived using the LMS method. RESULTS: Median BMI showed the familiar pattern of a rise in the first year, followed by a fall, then a second rise after 6 years. The level of overweight was less than for children from the USA, France and Norway measured at the same time or earlier. CONCLUSIONS: Dutch children in 1980 were relatively free of obesity, so the BMI centiles are a suitable baseline to monitor international trends in obesity since then.
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