scholarly journals Childhood obesity classification systems and cardiometabolic risk factors: a comparison of the Italian, World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force references

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuliana Valerio ◽  
◽  
Antonio Balsamo ◽  
Marco Giorgio Baroni ◽  
Claudia Brufani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Childhood Obesity ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Cardiometabolic Risk Factors ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Health Organization

scholarly journals Sensibilidade e especificidade de diferentes critérios de classificação do excesso de peso em escolares de João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brasil

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelly Samara da Silva ◽  
Adair da Silva Lopes ◽  
Francisco Martins da Silva
Keyword(s):  
World Health Organization ◽  
Task Force ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Health Organization

OBJETIVO: Descrever a proporção de excesso de peso usando diferentes critérios de classificação do índice de massa corporal e avaliar valores de sensibilidade, especificidade e concordância entre os critérios. MÉTODOS: A população incluiu 1.570 estudantes, de 7 a 12 anos de idade, da cidade de João Pessoa (PB), 2005. O excesso de peso foi classificado conforme os critérios da World Health Organization, da International Obesity Task Force e por outros autores. O percentual de gordura foi estimado a partir das dobras cutâneas e utilizado como critério de referência (masculino: >25%; feminino: >30%). RESULTADOS: A proporção de excesso de peso diferiu entre os critérios, sendo menor com a utilização dos critérios da World Health Organization e maior segundo o critério de autores brasileiros (p<0,05). Os critérios de classificação do índice de massa corporal apresentaram boa sensibilidade (83-97%), exceto o critério da World Health Organization (masculino=65% e feminino=48%). A especificidade foi elevada em todos os valores críticos analisados (85-98%). O índiceKappademonstrou boa concordância entre as propostas (Kappa >0,60), com discreto aumento no critério da IOTF (Kappa=0,72) e menor concordância para a proposta da World Health Organization (Kappa=0,63). CONCLUSÃO: Os critérios analisados foram sensíveis para diagnosticar o excesso de peso, com menor sensibilidade ao ser adotada a proposta da World Health Organization. Houve elevada especificidade e boa concordância em todas as propostas, entretanto, os valores para os sexos e as idades oscilaram menos no critério da International Obesity Task Force. Portanto, os resultados sugerem que o critério da International Obesity Task Force mostrou-se mais adequado para confirmar a presença de excesso de peso em populações com características similares às deste estudo.

scholarly journals Nutritional status of children and adolescents based on body mass index: agreement between World Health Organization and International Obesity Task Force

2014 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Gustavo Cavazzotto ◽  
Marcos Roberto Brasil ◽  
Vinicius Machado Oliveira ◽  
Schelyne Ribas da Silva ◽  
Enio Ricardo V. Ronque ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Task Force ◽  
Weighted Kappa ◽  
World Health ◽  
Kappa Index ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Health Organization

Objective: To investigate the agreement between two international criteria for classification of children and adolescents nutritional status. Methods: The study included 778 girls and 863 boys aged from six to 13 years old. Body mass and height were measured and used to calculate the body mass index. Nutritional status was classified according to the cut-off points defined by the World Health Organization and the International Obesity Task Force. The agreement was evaluated using Kappa statistic and weighted Kappa. Results: In order to classify the nutritional status, the agreement between the criteria was higher for the boys (Kappa 0.77) compared to girls (Kappa 0.61). The weighted Kappa was also higher for boys (0.85) in comparison to girls (0.77). Kappa index varied according to age. When the nutritional status was classified in only two categories - appropriate (thinness + accentuated thinness + eutrophy) and overweight (overweight + obesity + severe obesity) -, the Kappa index presented higher values than those related to the classification in six categories. Conclusions : A substantial agreement was observed between the criteria, being higher in males and varying according to the age.

scholarly journals Concordância entre pontos de corte do IMC de crianças, 8 e 9 anos, residentes em Petrolina/PE, Brasil

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 257
Author(s):  
Marcelo De Maio Nascimento ◽  
Lia Moraes Nunes ◽  
Alexandre Makoto Minoda
Keyword(s):  
Disease Control ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Task Force ◽  
World Health ◽  
International Obesity Task Force ◽  
Control And Prevention ◽  
Centers For Disease Control ◽  
Health Organization

OBJETIVO: Avaliar o estado nutricional de um grupo de escolares da cidade de Petrolina/PE, região do Sertão nordestino, segundo três diferentes critérios, WHO (WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 1998), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KUCZMARSKI et al., 2002) e International Obesity Task Force (COLE et al., 2000), para estabelecer pontos de corte ideais à determinação do estado nutricional na região.MÉTODOS: Estudo correlativo com corte transversal de base escolar, a amostra utilizada foi não probabilística e intencional. Participaram 50 escolares, de ambos os sexos (8,80±0,40 anos), alunos do Ensino Fundamental I, residentes em Petrolina/PE, integrantes das atividades do Programa de Educação Tutorial (PET) – Biomecânica. A avaliação do estado nutricional foi realizada mediante o cálculo do índice de massa corporal (IMC). A comparação dos melhores pontos de corte para o estabelecimento do estado nutricional foi realizada pelos critérios da OMS, do CDC e do IOTF. A concordância entre os indicadores foi avaliada pela estatística de Kappa (k).RESULTADOS: O sobrepeso só foi encontrado junto aos meninos. Obteve-se uma excelente concordância entre os critérios da OMS e do CDC (k=0,882; p<0,001) e valores de concordância regulares entre o IOTF e a OMS (k=0,012; p=0,041) e o IOTF e o CDC (k=0,019; p=0,048).CONCLUSÕES: Os critérios da OMS e do CDC demonstraram ser os mais aptos à avaliação do estado nutricional da população testada, sendo eles análogos aos encontrados em estudos realizados em outras regiões do Brasil.

74 Epidemiology and Outcomes of Cooking and Cookstove-related Burn Injuries: A World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry (GBR) Report

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. S51-S52
Author(s):  
Kajal Mehta ◽  
Nikitha Thrikutam ◽  
Kiran K Nakarmi ◽  
Paa Ekow Hoyte-Williams ◽  
Michael Peck ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Total Body Surface Area ◽  
Burn Injuries ◽  
World Health ◽  
Common Mechanism ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Improved Cookstove ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract Introduction Cooking- and cookstove-related burns (CSBs) comprise a large proportion of burn injuries globally. A cookstove is any apparatus that provides heat and is used for cooking (e.g., three-stone fire, traditional or improved cookstove). There are limited data on patterns of cooking behaviors and CSBs to inform prevention initiatives and advocacy. We aimed to describe the epidemiology, risk factors and outcomes of cooking-related burns and CSBs, specifically. Methods Patients with cooking and non-cooking related burns from 2018 to 2020 were identified in the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Burn Registry (GBR). Patient demographics, cooking arrangement, injury characteristics [mechanism, total body surface area (TBSA), revised Baux score] and outcomes were described. Differences in proportions and medians were compared. Bivariate regression was performed to identify risk factors associated with occurrence of CSB. Results GBR contained data of 6,965 burn-injured patients from 17 countries; 88% were from middle-income countries. One quarter of burn injuries (1,723 burns) were cooking-related. More than half of cooking-related burns (55%) occurred in females. Median age for cooking-related burns was 11 years (IQR 2–35). Of cooking-related burns, 22% were cookstove-related burns (CSBs; 311 burns). The most common mechanism in CSB was flame (87%), whereas the most common mechanism in other cooking burns was scald (62%). Patients with CSBs were more often female (65% vs 53%; p&lt; 0.001) and much older than patients with other cooking burns (32 years, IQR 22–47 vs 5 years, IQR 2–30). CSBs were significantly larger in TBSA size (30%, IQR 15–45% vs 15%, IQR 10–25%; p&lt; 0.001), had higher revised Baux scores (70, IQR 46–95 vs 28, IQR 10–25; p&lt; 0.001) and more often resulted in death (41 vs 11%; p&lt; 0.001) than other cooking burns (Table1). Patients with CSBs were more likely to be burned by fires (OR 4.74; 95% CI 2.99–7.54) and explosions (OR 2.91, 95% CI 2.03–4.18) than other cooking injuries. Kerosene had the highest odds of CSB than all other cooking fuels (OR 2.37, 95% CI 1.52–3.69). Conclusions Cooking-related burns are common and have different epidemiology than CSBs, specifically (e.g., more often female, older, larger burn size, higher mortality). CSBs were more likely caused by structural factors (e.g., explosion, fire) than behavioral factors (e.g., accidental movements) when compared to other cooking burns.

Prevalence of and factors associated with insufficient physical activity among adolescents: evidence from a nationwide survey in Bangladesh

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Md Mokbul Hossain ◽  
Fahmida Akter ◽  
Abu Abdullah Mohammad Hanif ◽  
Md Showkat Ali Khan ◽  
Abu Ahmed Shamim ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
World Health Organization ◽  
Adolescent Girls ◽  
World Health ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Adolescent Girls And Boys ◽  
The World ◽  
Insufficient Physical Activity ◽  
Health Organization

Abstract The World Health Organization set a target of a 15% relative reduction in the prevalence of insufficient physical activity (IPA) by 2025 among adolescents and adults globally. In Bangladesh, there are no national estimates of the prevalence of IPA among adolescents. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of and risk factors associated with IPA among adolescent girls and boys. Data for 4865 adolescent girls and 4907 adolescent boys, collected as a part of a National Nutrition Surveillance in 2018–19, were analysed for this study. A modified version of the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ) was used to collect physical activity data. The World Health Organization recommended cut-off points were used to estimate the prevalence of IPA. Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression was performed to identify factors associated with IPA. Prevalences of IPA among adolescent girls and boys were 50.3% and 29.0%, respectively, and the prevalence was significantly higher among early adolescents (10–14 years) than late adolescents (15–19 years) among both boys and girls. The IPA prevalence was highest among adolescents living in non-slum urban areas (girls: 77.7%; boys: 64.1%). For both boys and girls, younger age, non-slum urban residence, higher paternal education and increased television viewing time were significantly associated with IPA. Additionally, residing in slums was significantly associated with IPA only among the boys. Higher maternal education was associated with IPA only among the girls. This study identified several modifiable risk factors associated with IPA among adolescent boys and girls in Bangladesh. These factors should be addressed through comprehensive public health interventions to promote physical activity among adolescent girls and boys.

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