Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro
Nutritional status of school children has been discussed over the past decade, focusing on timely and adequate response that can positively affect the reduction of the health risks of overweight, obesity, and malnutrition. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate a nutritional status of healthy c...
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| description | Nutritional status of school children has been discussed over the past decade, focusing on timely and adequate response that can positively affect the reduction of the health risks of overweight, obesity, and malnutrition. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate a nutritional status of healthy children from Montenegro according to three most common worldwide references. The sample of 1480 healthy school children was consisted of girls (N=733), mean age=10.98±1.38 years, mean body height BH=152.25±10.22 cm, and mean body mass BM=43.93±11.51 kg, and boys (N=747), mean age=10.95±1.41, mean BH=153.26±11.18 cm, and mean BM=46.16±13.21 kg. A nutritional status was defined by body mass index (BMI) and compared to the references developed by World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Prevalence differences relative to age and gender were analyzed as well. Results suggest that IOTF is the most appropriate method in absence of national references for growth and nutritional status. Furthermore, increase in prevalence of overweight and obese in boys was relatively high considering the time frame (5 years), while increase in girls was somewhat smaller, but nevertheless present. In total, every third (WHO) or every fourth (CDC and IOTF) child in Montenegro aged 9-13 years is either overweight or obese. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5189829f236146e488cdda1eb618fe052022-12-22T01:18:10ZengMontenegrin Sports Academy and Faculty for Sport and Physical EducationSport Mont1451-74852337-03512019-02-01171152110.26773/smj.190203Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from MontenegroRajko Milasinovic0Danilo Bojanic1Aleksandar Cvorovic2Filip Kukic3University of Montenegro, Faculty for Sports and Physical Education, Niksic, MontenegroUniversity of Montenegro, Faculty for Sports and Physical Education, Niksic, MontenegroAbu Dhabi Police, Police Sports Education Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi Police, Police Sports Education Center, Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesNutritional status of school children has been discussed over the past decade, focusing on timely and adequate response that can positively affect the reduction of the health risks of overweight, obesity, and malnutrition. Thus, the aim of this study was to evaluate a nutritional status of healthy children from Montenegro according to three most common worldwide references. The sample of 1480 healthy school children was consisted of girls (N=733), mean age=10.98±1.38 years, mean body height BH=152.25±10.22 cm, and mean body mass BM=43.93±11.51 kg, and boys (N=747), mean age=10.95±1.41, mean BH=153.26±11.18 cm, and mean BM=46.16±13.21 kg. A nutritional status was defined by body mass index (BMI) and compared to the references developed by World Health Organization (WHO), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and International Obesity Task Force (IOTF). Prevalence differences relative to age and gender were analyzed as well. Results suggest that IOTF is the most appropriate method in absence of national references for growth and nutritional status. Furthermore, increase in prevalence of overweight and obese in boys was relatively high considering the time frame (5 years), while increase in girls was somewhat smaller, but nevertheless present. In total, every third (WHO) or every fourth (CDC and IOTF) child in Montenegro aged 9-13 years is either overweight or obese.http://www.sportmont.ucg.ac.me/clanci/SM_February_2019_Milasinovic_15-21.pdfbody mass indexprevalenceobesityoverweightunderweight |
| spellingShingle | Rajko Milasinovic Danilo Bojanic Aleksandar Cvorovic Filip Kukic Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro Sport Mont body mass index prevalence obesity overweight underweight |
| title | Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro |
| title_full | Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro |
| title_fullStr | Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro |
| title_short | Age and Gender Differences in Nutritional Status of School Children According to WHO, CDC and IOTF References: A Statewide Study from Montenegro |
| title_sort | age and gender differences in nutritional status of school children according to who cdc and iotf references a statewide study from montenegro |
| topic | body mass index prevalence obesity overweight underweight |
| url | http://www.sportmont.ucg.ac.me/clanci/SM_February_2019_Milasinovic_15-21.pdf |
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