Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Chinese preschoolers in Singapore
Introduction: This study examines the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6- to 72-month-old Chinese preschoolers in Singapore using 3 references. Materials and Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study of 3009 Chinese preschoolers aged 6 to 72 months from southwestern and we...
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2014
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104144 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20976 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov.ezlibproxy1.ntu.edu.sg/pubmed/23515688 |
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Language: | English |
Summary: | Introduction: This study examines the prevalence of overweight and obesity in 6- to
72-month-old Chinese preschoolers in Singapore using 3 references. Materials and
Methods: This was a population-based cross-sectional study of 3009 Chinese preschoolers
aged 6 to 72 months from southwestern and western parts of Singapore. Overweight
and obesity were defi ned by using the Center for Disease Control (CDC) (85th and
95th percentile, respectively), the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the
local National Health Group Polyclinics (NHGP), Singapore (90th and 97th percentile,
respectively) references. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity in 24 to 72
months old Chinese children were 8.1% and 7.1% (the CDC reference), 7.6% and 3.9%
(the IOTF reference) and 7.5% and 5.3% (the local reference [NHGP]) respectively. For
preschoolers aged 6 to 72 months, the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 7.0%
and 5.3%, respectively, using the local reference. An increasing trend in the prevalence of
obesity with increasing age was seen in both genders, using the CDC and IOTF references
(P ≤0.001 and 0.001, respectively). The boys were more likely to be obese than the girls
using the CDC reference (OR = 1.42, 95% CI, 1.02 to 1.97, P = 0.03). Conclusion: Our
study showed a lower prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chinese preschoolers
in Singapore when compared to other countries like the United States, Italy, Chile using
the CDC and/or IOTF references. The CDC reference overestimated whereas the IOTF
reference underestimated the prevalence of overweight and obesity for our population
when compared to using the local NHGP reference. |
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