Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010

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Autor(a) principal: Rito, Ana
Data de Publicação: 2015
Outros Autores: Hassapidou, Maria
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/3253
Resumo: Introduction: WHO/Europe Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) is an ongoing, systematic process of collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of descriptive information for monitoring excess body weight in the WHO European Region. The system aims to measure trends in overweight and obesity in children aged 6-8 year-olds, every two years. Here we are presenting and comparing the results of the second COSI round (2010), for schoolchildren age 7 years for two countries of Southern Europe: Portugal and Greece. Methods:4020 children(910 age 7 years) from 172 schools participated in the study in Portugal and 5701(1293 age 7 years) from 150 schools in Greece(national representative samples). Height and weight were directly measured by trained fieldworkers. Overweight (including obesity) and obesity prevalence were calculated using the international body mass index cut-offs according to WHO criteria. Dietary and exercise patterns were assessed through school and family questionnaires. Results: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in children age 7 years was 31,5% in boys and 36,2% in girls( according to WHO definition) in Portugal and 48,9% in boys and 44,8% in girls in Greece. In both countries dietary and exercise patterns were found very similar with children presenting poor food habits, low level of physical activity and high level of sedentary habits. Conclusion: Portugal and Greece are two of the countries with higher prevalence of overweight and obesity across Europe. This has been consistently higher in Southern European countries which also share several similarities on dietary patterns and physical activity levels among primary school children, suggesting that active implementation of policies or interventions to counteract overweight and obesity are needed.
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spelling Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010COSIChildhood Obesity Surveillance InitiativeObesidade InfantilEstilos de Vida e Impacto na SaúdeDeterminantes da Saúde e da DoençaSaúde PúblicaPortugalGréciaIntroduction: WHO/Europe Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) is an ongoing, systematic process of collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of descriptive information for monitoring excess body weight in the WHO European Region. The system aims to measure trends in overweight and obesity in children aged 6-8 year-olds, every two years. Here we are presenting and comparing the results of the second COSI round (2010), for schoolchildren age 7 years for two countries of Southern Europe: Portugal and Greece. Methods:4020 children(910 age 7 years) from 172 schools participated in the study in Portugal and 5701(1293 age 7 years) from 150 schools in Greece(national representative samples). Height and weight were directly measured by trained fieldworkers. Overweight (including obesity) and obesity prevalence were calculated using the international body mass index cut-offs according to WHO criteria. Dietary and exercise patterns were assessed through school and family questionnaires. Results: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in children age 7 years was 31,5% in boys and 36,2% in girls( according to WHO definition) in Portugal and 48,9% in boys and 44,8% in girls in Greece. In both countries dietary and exercise patterns were found very similar with children presenting poor food habits, low level of physical activity and high level of sedentary habits. Conclusion: Portugal and Greece are two of the countries with higher prevalence of overweight and obesity across Europe. This has been consistently higher in Southern European countries which also share several similarities on dietary patterns and physical activity levels among primary school children, suggesting that active implementation of policies or interventions to counteract overweight and obesity are needed.Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de SaúdeRito, AnaHassapidou, Maria2016-02-02T13:11:44Z2015-052015-05-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/3253enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-20T15:39:49Zoai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/3253Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:38:21.316175Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
title Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
spellingShingle Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
Rito, Ana
COSI
Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative
Obesidade Infantil
Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde
Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
Saúde Pública
Portugal
Grécia
title_short Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
title_full Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
title_fullStr Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
title_full_unstemmed Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
title_sort Prevalence of Childhood Obesity and Overweight in Portugal and Greece COSI 2010
author Rito, Ana
author_facet Rito, Ana
Hassapidou, Maria
author_role author
author2 Hassapidou, Maria
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rito, Ana
Hassapidou, Maria
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv COSI
Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative
Obesidade Infantil
Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde
Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
Saúde Pública
Portugal
Grécia
topic COSI
Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative
Obesidade Infantil
Estilos de Vida e Impacto na Saúde
Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
Saúde Pública
Portugal
Grécia
description Introduction: WHO/Europe Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) is an ongoing, systematic process of collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of descriptive information for monitoring excess body weight in the WHO European Region. The system aims to measure trends in overweight and obesity in children aged 6-8 year-olds, every two years. Here we are presenting and comparing the results of the second COSI round (2010), for schoolchildren age 7 years for two countries of Southern Europe: Portugal and Greece. Methods:4020 children(910 age 7 years) from 172 schools participated in the study in Portugal and 5701(1293 age 7 years) from 150 schools in Greece(national representative samples). Height and weight were directly measured by trained fieldworkers. Overweight (including obesity) and obesity prevalence were calculated using the international body mass index cut-offs according to WHO criteria. Dietary and exercise patterns were assessed through school and family questionnaires. Results: Prevalence of overweight (including obesity) in children age 7 years was 31,5% in boys and 36,2% in girls( according to WHO definition) in Portugal and 48,9% in boys and 44,8% in girls in Greece. In both countries dietary and exercise patterns were found very similar with children presenting poor food habits, low level of physical activity and high level of sedentary habits. Conclusion: Portugal and Greece are two of the countries with higher prevalence of overweight and obesity across Europe. This has been consistently higher in Southern European countries which also share several similarities on dietary patterns and physical activity levels among primary school children, suggesting that active implementation of policies or interventions to counteract overweight and obesity are needed.
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