Prevalence and trends of overweight among preschool children in developing countries.

By M. de Onís, M. Blössner. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2000

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Subfields: General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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Obesity and the metabolic syndrome in developing countries. (2008, result): “Similar trends have also been observed in India, Mexico, Nigeria, and Tunisia over the past 2 decades (44).”
Obesity in children and young people: a crisis in public health. (2004, background): “3% in developing countries among this younger age group in 1995 (61).”
The timing of normal puberty and the age limits of sexual precocity: variations around the world, secular trends, and changes after migration. (2003, background): “In addition, the proportion of obese and wasted children was not necessarily reciprocal, and variability among countries was considerable (202).”
Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China, and Russia. (2002, background): “In addition, 2 recently published comprehensive studies focused on preschool children (3, 4), and we were trying to provide insights into school-age children.”
Worldwide trends in childhood overweight and obesity. (2006, background): “Two recent comprehensive studies examined the obesity problem in pre-school children worldwide (27,28).”
Childhood overweight, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome in developing countries. (2007, background): “An analysis of 160 nationally representative surveys from 94 developing countries (34) showed an increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood, although rates of early childhood malnutrition remained relatively high.”
Comparison of overweight and obesity prevalence in school‐aged youth from 34 countries and their relationships with physical activity and dietary patterns (2005, background): “Further, crossnational comparisons of overweight and obesity prevalence in youth have been problematic because of the use of nonrepresentative samples in many countries and because of differences in study designs (1,9).”
Overweight exceeds underweight among women in most developing countries. (2005, background): “Overall, these data suggest that, whereas extensive child underweight persists in many parts of the developing world, far fewer countries face such a burden of acute undernutrition in young women, even though the overweight burden is generally higher among that group (2, 25).”