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.
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany.
Pediatr Res. 2020 Feb;87(3):501-510. doi: 10.1038/s41390-019-0325-8. Epub 2019 Feb 18.
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.
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.
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).
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.
儿童期肥胖已成为 5 岁以下儿童的一个主要健康问题。提供参考标准将有助于儿科医生检测和/或预防与低体重和高体重以及成年后中心性肥胖相关的健康问题。因此,本研究旨在检查不同体重状况类别的流行情况,并为西班牙学龄前儿童提供性别和年龄特异性人体测量参考标准。
共有 3178 名学龄前儿童(4.59±0.87 岁)参与了这项研究。确定了不同程度肥胖(轻度、重度和病态)和其他体重状况类别的流行情况。
获得了参考标准。西班牙人口中超重和肥胖的学龄前儿童的患病率从 21.4%到 34.8%不等。具体而言,这些儿童中轻度、重度和病态肥胖的肥胖患病率分别为 3.5%、1.2%和 1.3%。为每 0.25 年(即生命的每一个季度)提供了性别和年龄特异性人体测量参数的参考标准。
我们的结果显示超重/肥胖学龄前儿童的患病率较高。提供的性别和年龄特异性人体测量参考标准可以帮助儿科医生在这个早期阶段跟踪和监测人体测量变化,以预防超重/肥胖。