Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez1, Timm Intemann2, Idoia Labayen3, Enrique G Artero4, Celia Alvarez-Bueno5, Joaquin Sanchis-Moysi6, Pedro J Benito7, María Reyes Beltran-Valls8, Alejandro Pérez-Bey9, Guillermo Sanchez-Delgado10, Pere Palou11, Germán Vicente-Rodríguez12, Luis A Moreno13, Francisco B Ortega14. 1. PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" research group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. cadenas@ugr.es. 2. Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany. 3. Institute for Innovation and Sustainable Development in Food Chain (IS-FOOD), Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. 4. SPORT Research Group (CTS-1024), CERNEP Research Center, University of Almeria, Almeria, Spain. 5. Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca, Spain. 6. Department of Physical Education and Research Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences (IUIBS), University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Island, Spain. 7. LFE Research Group, Department of Health and Human Performance, Faculty of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 8. LIFE Research Group, Department of Education, University Jaume I, Castellón de la Plana, Spain. 9. Department of Physical Education, Faculty of Education Sciences, University of Cádiz, Puerto Real, Spain. 10. PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" research group, Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain. 11. Department of Pedagogy and Specific Didactics, University of the Balearic Islands, Balearic Islands, Spain. 12. GENUD (Growth, Exercise, NUtrition and Development) Research Group, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón -IA2- (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), Faculty of Health and Sport Science (FCSD, Ronda Misericordia 5, 22001-Huesca, Spain), Department of Physiatry and Nursing, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. 13. GENUD (Growth, Exercise, NUtrition and Development) Research Group, Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón -IA2- (CITA-Universidad de Zaragoza), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Aragón (IIS Aragón), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Fisiopatología de la Obesidad y Nutrición (CIBERObn), University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain. 14. PROFITH "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" research group, Department of Physical and Sports Education, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain and Department of Biosciences and Nutrition at NOVUM, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity has become a major health problem in children under the age of 5 years. Providing reference standards would help paediatricians to detect and/or prevent health problems related to both low and high levels of body mass and to central adiposity later in life. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of different weight status categories and to provide sex- and age-specific anthropometry reference standards for Spanish preschool children. METHODS: A total of 3178 preschool children (4.59±0.87 years old) participated in this study. Prevalence of different degrees of obesity (mild, severe, and morbid) and other weight status categories were determined. RESULTS: Reference standards were obtained. Prevalence of overweight and obese preschool children in the Spanish population ranged from 21.4 to 34.8%. Specifically, the obesity prevalence was 3.5, 1.2, and 1.3% of these subjects were categorized as mild, severe, and morbid obese. Sex- and age-specific reference standards for anthropometric parameters are provided for every 0.25 years (i.e. every trimester of life). CONCLUSION: Our results show a high prevalence of overweight/obese preschoolers. The provided sex- and age-specific anthropometric reference standards could help paediatricians to track and monitor anthropometric changes at this early stage in order to prevent overweight/obesity.
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity has become a major health problem in children under the age of 5 years. Providing reference standards would help paediatricians to detect and/or prevent health problems related to both low and high levels of body mass and to central adiposity later in life. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the prevalence of different weight status categories and to provide sex- and age-specific anthropometry reference standards for Spanish preschool children. METHODS: A total of 3178 preschool children (4.59±0.87 years old) participated in this study. Prevalence of different degrees of obesity (mild, severe, and morbid) and other weight status categories were determined. RESULTS: Reference standards were obtained. Prevalence of overweight and obese preschool children in the Spanish population ranged from 21.4 to 34.8%. Specifically, the obesity prevalence was 3.5, 1.2, and 1.3% of these subjects were categorized as mild, severe, and morbid obese. Sex- and age-specific reference standards for anthropometric parameters are provided for every 0.25 years (i.e. every trimester of life). CONCLUSION: Our results show a high prevalence of overweight/obese preschoolers. The provided sex- and age-specific anthropometric reference standards could help paediatricians to track and monitor anthropometric changes at this early stage in order to prevent overweight/obesity.
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