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PURPOSE: The aim was to assess perceived health status and health-related quality of life (HRQL) according to persistence of and variation in weight status among children from the age of 4 to 6 years. METHODS: Longitudinal study of 1883 participants in the ELOIN cohort (Madrid Region, Spain), with physical examination at ages 4 and 6 years. Perceived health status and HRQL were assessed using parent-reported Kidscreen-10 scores, with excess weight being defined on the basis of body mass index (BMI) using the WHO reference tables (z-BMI > 1 standard deviation), and abdominal obesity being defined on the basis of waist circumference (percentile ≥ 90) using the tables proposed by Fernández et al. Variation in these two parameters at age 6 years was associated with incident cases of suboptimal health by logistic regression, and with HRQL by linear regression. RESULTS: Compared to children without excess weight or abdominal obesity in both periods, incident cases of excess weight or abdominal obesity had odds ratios (ORs) of suboptimal health of 2.41 (95% CI 1.21 to 4.80) and 2.99 (95% CI 1.31 to 6.84) respectively. In terms of HRQL, children with remission of excess weight had a higher Kidscreen-10 score: ß coefficient = 2.02 (95% CI 0.36 to 3.68), whereas new cases of abdominal obesity had a lower Kidscreen-10 score: ß = - 2.22 (95% CI - 4.40 to - 0.03). CONCLUSIONS: Incident cases of excess weight and abdominal obesity had a higher risk of suboptimal health. Incident cases of abdominal obesity were also associated with worse HRQL.
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Obesity, Abdominal/psychology , Obesity/psychology , Overweight/psychology , Parents/psychology , Quality of Life/psychology , Adolescent , Child , Child, Preschool , Cohort Studies , Female , Humans , Longitudinal Studies , Male , PerceptionABSTRACT
Introducción y objetivos: La epidemia de obesidad infantil es un problema de salud pública mundial que se inicia a edades muy tempranas. El objetivo del estudio es determinar la persistencia y la variación del sobrepeso y la obesidad en una cohorte de niños seguidos de los 4 a los 6 años de edad. Métodos: Los datos proceden del ELOIN (Estudio Longitudinal de Obesidad Infantil), cohorte de base poblacional de la Comunidad de Madrid, en el que participaron 2.435 niños. Midieron el peso y la talla 31 pediatras, de manera objetiva y estandarizada, a los 4 años (2012-2013) y a los 6 años de edad (2014-2015). Se utilizaron 3 criterios de referencia para definir «sin exceso de peso», sobrepeso y obesidad: Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS-2006), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF-2000) y tablas españolas de la Fundación Orbegozo-2004. Resultados: La prevalencia de sobrepeso a los 4 y los 6 años, según los 3 criterios de clasificación, aumentó del 5,7-16,5% (intervalo de los 3 criterios) al 8,9-17,0% y la de obesidad, del 3,0-5,4% al 6,1-10,1%. De cada 4 niños obesos a los 4 años, 3 seguían con obesidad a los 6 años, mientras que un 20,6-29,3% que tenían sobrepeso pasaron a ser obesos. Entre el 8,0 y el 16,1% mantuvieron el «exceso de peso» (sobrepeso/obesidad) entre los 4 y los 6 años, un 7,9-11% fueron nuevos casos y un 2,2-5,9% remitieron. Conclusiones: El exceso de peso aumentó de los 4 a los 6 años. Se observaron variaciones importantes en el estado ponderal susceptibles de intervención en el control pediátrico del niño sano
Introduction and objectives: The childhood obesity epidemic is a worldwide public health problem which starts at very early ages. The aim of this study was to determine the persistence of and variation in overweight and obesity among a cohort of children followed up from 4 to 6 years of age. Methods: The data were drawn from the ELOIN (Longitudinal Childhood Obesity Study), a population-based cohort in the Community of Madrid, Spain. A total of 2435 children were involved. Weight and height were objectively measured and standardised at 4 (2012-2013) and 6 years of age (2014-2015) by 31 purpose-trained pediatricians. Three reference criteria were used: the World Health Organization (WHO-2006), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF-2000), and Spanish tables of the Orbegozo Foundation 2004, were used to define "absence of excess weight", overweight and obesity. Results: According to the above three classification criteria, between the ages of 4 and 6 years the prevalence of overweight increased from 5.7%-16.5% (range of the 3 criteria) to 8.9%-17.0%, and obesity increased from 3.0%-5.4% to 6.1%-10.1%. Three out of every 4 obese children at age 4 years persisted with obesity at age 6 years, whereas 20.6%-29.3% who were overweight became obese. A total of 8.0% to 16.1% of children maintained "excess weight" (overweight/obesity), 7.9% to 11% were new cases, and 2.2% to 5.9% showed remission. Conclusions: Excess weight increased between the ages of 4 and 6 years. Important variations were observed in weight status susceptible to intervention during well-child visits
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Humans , Male , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Overweight/epidemiology , Pediatric Obesity/epidemiology , Anthropometry/methods , Body Mass Index , Body Weights and Measures/statistics & numerical data , Disease ProgressionABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The childhood obesity epidemic is a worldwide public health problem which starts at very early ages. The aim of this study was to determine the persistence of and variation in overweight and obesity among a cohort of children followed up from 4 to 6 years of age. METHODS: The data were drawn from the ELOIN (Longitudinal Childhood Obesity Study), a population-based cohort in the Community of Madrid, Spain. A total of 2435 children were involved. Weight and height were objectively measured and standardised at 4 (2012-2013) and 6 years of age (2014-2015) by 31 purpose-trained pediatricians. Three reference criteria were used: the World Health Organization (WHO-2006), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF-2000), and Spanish tables of the Orbegozo Foundation 2004, were used to define "absence of excess weight", overweight and obesity. RESULTS: According to the above three classification criteria, between the ages of 4 and 6 years the prevalence of overweight increased from 5.7%-16.5% (range of the 3 criteria) to 8.9%-17.0%, and obesity increased from 3.0%-5.4% to 6.1%-10.1%. Three out of every 4 obese children at age 4 years persisted with obesity at age 6 years, whereas 20.6%-29.3% who were overweight became obese. A total of 8.0% to 16.1% of children maintained "excess weight" (overweight/obesity), 7.9% to 11% were new cases, and 2.2% to 5.9% showed remission. CONCLUSIONS: Excess weight increased between the ages of 4 and 6 years. Important variations were observed in weight status susceptible to intervention during well-child visits.
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Body Mass Index , Overweight/epidemiology , Pediatric Obesity/epidemiology , Urban Population , Child , Child, Preschool , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Male , Prevalence , Prospective Studies , Spain/epidemiology , Time FactorsABSTRACT
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