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Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise
The aim of the study was to examine changes in obesity prevalence among primary school children in Serbia between 2015 and 2019 rounds of the national WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI-Serbia). Cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2015 and 2019. The nationally represe...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34070022 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8050409 |
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author | Marković, Lidija Đorđić, Višnja Trajković, Nebojša Božić, Predrag Halaši, Szabolcs Cvejić, Dragan Ostojić, Sergej M. |
author_facet | Marković, Lidija Đorđić, Višnja Trajković, Nebojša Božić, Predrag Halaši, Szabolcs Cvejić, Dragan Ostojić, Sergej M. |
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description | The aim of the study was to examine changes in obesity prevalence among primary school children in Serbia between 2015 and 2019 rounds of the national WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI-Serbia). Cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2015 and 2019. The nationally representative samples of primary school children were measured for body height and weight, following the COSI protocol. Body Mass Index was calculated, and the IOTF and WHO definitions were used to classify children as overweight or obese. Participants were children of both sexes aged 7.00–8.99 years (n = 6105). Significant differences in overweight (obesity included) prevalence between two COSI rounds were identified regardless of definitions applied. According to the WHO definitions, prevalence of overweight and obesity combined increased in 7–9-year-old children in Serbia from 30.7% in 2015 to 34.8% in 2019 (z = −3.309, p < 0.05), and according to the IOTF standards, the increase from 22.8% to 30% was registered (z = −6.08, p = 0.00). The childhood overweight/obesity rate is increasing in Serbia, which places monitoring and surveillance of children’s nutritional status high on the public health agenda. |
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spelling | pubmed-81578832021-05-28 Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise Marković, Lidija Đorđić, Višnja Trajković, Nebojša Božić, Predrag Halaši, Szabolcs Cvejić, Dragan Ostojić, Sergej M. Children (Basel) Communication The aim of the study was to examine changes in obesity prevalence among primary school children in Serbia between 2015 and 2019 rounds of the national WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI-Serbia). Cross-sectional studies were conducted in 2015 and 2019. The nationally representative samples of primary school children were measured for body height and weight, following the COSI protocol. Body Mass Index was calculated, and the IOTF and WHO definitions were used to classify children as overweight or obese. Participants were children of both sexes aged 7.00–8.99 years (n = 6105). Significant differences in overweight (obesity included) prevalence between two COSI rounds were identified regardless of definitions applied. According to the WHO definitions, prevalence of overweight and obesity combined increased in 7–9-year-old children in Serbia from 30.7% in 2015 to 34.8% in 2019 (z = −3.309, p < 0.05), and according to the IOTF standards, the increase from 22.8% to 30% was registered (z = −6.08, p = 0.00). The childhood overweight/obesity rate is increasing in Serbia, which places monitoring and surveillance of children’s nutritional status high on the public health agenda. MDPI 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8157883/ /pubmed/34070022 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8050409 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Communication Marković, Lidija Đorđić, Višnja Trajković, Nebojša Božić, Predrag Halaši, Szabolcs Cvejić, Dragan Ostojić, Sergej M. Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise |
title | Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise |
title_full | Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise |
title_fullStr | Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise |
title_full_unstemmed | Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise |
title_short | Childhood Obesity in Serbia on the Rise |
title_sort | childhood obesity in serbia on the rise |
topic | Communication |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8157883/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34070022 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children8050409 |
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