Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity in three cross sectional studies of British children, 1974-94
BMJPublished 6 January 2001Open access
Susan Chinn
Citations541
Generate an AI Snapshot to get a quick, structured summary of this paper.
Study Snapshot
ObjectiveStudy objective
MethodsResearch methodology
PopulationPopulation studied
Sample sizeSample sizes
OutcomesStudy outcomes here
ResultsStudy results comes here
LimitationsResearch study limitations comes here
A concise AI-generated summary of the paper will appear here once you click Generate AI Snapshot.
TL;DR
The rising trends in overweight and obesity in children in the United Kingdom are likely to be reflected in increases in adult obesity and associated morbidity.
Abstract
These results form a base from which trends can be monitored. The rising trends are likely to be reflected in increases in adult obesity and associated morbidity.
Keywords
MedicineHealth Professions
BMJEstablishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey
16,367 Citations2000Tim Cole
The proposed cut off points, which are less arbitrary and more internationally based than current alternatives, should help to provide internationally comparable prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in children.
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodBody mass index reference curves for the UK, 1990.
2,099 Citations1995Tim Cole, Jenny Freeman +1 more
Centile curves for BMI in British children are presented, from birth to 23 years, based on the same large representative sample as used to update the stature and weight references, derived using Cole's LMS method.
Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent MedicineOverweight Prevalence and Trends for Children and Adolescents
1,439 Citations1995Richard P. Troiano
Increasing overweight among youths implies a need to focus on primary prevention, and attempts to increase physical activity may provide a means to address this important public health problem.
International Journal of ObesityReview: Measurement and long-term health risks of child and adolescent fatness
680 Citations1997Chris Power, JK Lake +1 more
It is argued that population‐based approaches to the prevention of obesity are likely to be more effective than approaches targeted at fat children, because of the poor prediction of adult obesity from child and adolescent measures and because risks of adult mortality and morbidity may be elevated for individuals who become overweight after adolescence.
BMJPrevalence of overweight and obesity in British children: cohort study
205 Citations1999J.J. Reilly, A. R Dorosty +1 more
Current estimates of the prevalence of obesity among British children are provided by a birth cohort randomly selected from a larger geographically defined total population cohort born in the Bristol-Avon area in 1991-2, broadly representative of children in the United Kingdom.
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodTrends in growth in England and Scotland, 1972 to 1994
129 Citations1997J. Margaret Hughes, L Li +2 more
Children in England and Scotland are becoming taller for a given age and the increases in fatness indicate an urgent need for realistic interventions for reductions in obesity in the whole population.
Paediatric and Perinatal EpidemiologyTrends in weight‐for‐height and triceps skinfold thickness for English and Scottish children, 1972–1982 and 1982–1990
76 Citations1994Susan Chinn, Roberto J. Rona
Archives of Disease in ChildhoodTrends in growth and obesity in ethnic groups in Britain
71 Citations1998S Chinn, J. Margaret Hughes +1 more
Afro-Caribbean children are maintaining their tall, slim build, but other groups emphasise the diversity of obesity patterns in a multi-ethnic society, with a predominant trend towards greater obesity.
BMJPrevalence of obesity in British children born in 1946 and 1958.
67 Citations1983Catherine Peckham, O Stark +2 more
If infant feeding practices have an influence on prevalence of overweight at 7 years the data from the two cohorts suggest that such an effect does not persist, and in neither cohort was there a significant relation between the prevalence of obesity and social class in boys, but in girls the prevalence was higher among those from the lower socioeconomic groups.