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Body Compositionin Children and Adolescents Residing in Southern Europe: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Accordingto Different International References

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dc.contributor.authorLópez Sánchez, Guillermo Felipe
dc.contributor.authorSgroi, Maurizio
dc.contributor.authorDíaz Suárez, Arturo
dc.contributor.authorD’Ottavio, Stefano
dc.contributor.authorGonzález-Víllora, Sixto
dc.contributor.authorVeronese, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Lee
dc.contributor.departmentCiencias Sociosanitarias
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-02T11:32:31Z
dc.date.available2026-03-02T11:32:31Z
dc.date.copyright© 2019 López-Sánchez, Sgroi, D’Ottavio, Díaz-Suárez, González-Víllora, Veronese and Smith.
dc.date.issued2019-02-19
dc.description.abstractThe objectivewastoanalyzebodycompositioninchildrenandadolescentsofSouthern Europetoidentifyprevalenceofoverweightandobesity.Thisinvestigationinvolved512 girls and488boysbetween7-to19-years.VariablesevaluatedwereBodyMassIndex (BMI) andFatMass(FM;electricalbioimpedance).Thereferencesusedtoestablish prevalenceaccordingtoBMIwerethoseoftheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO) and theInternationalObesityTaskForce(IOTF);inthecaseofFM,theChildGrowth Foundation (CGF)referencewasused.Thereweresignificantdifferences(p < 0.05) in theprevalenceofoverweightandobesitybetweenthethreeclassifications(32.3% accordingtoIOTF,37.3%accordingtoWHO,and39.8%accordingtoCGF),being higher inmales.WHO-IOTFconcordancewassubstantial(kappa=0.793),whereas concordancesWHO-CGF(kappa=0.504)andIOTF-CGF(kappa=0.447)were moderate. Theauthorsrecommendevaluatingoverweightandobesitynotonlywith BMI, butalsowithFM,andalwaysspecifythereferencesused
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dc.identifier.citationLópez-Sánchez GF, Sgroi M, D’Ottavio S, Díaz-Suárez A, González-Víllora S, Veronese N and Smith L (2019) Body Composition in Children and Adolescents Residing in Southern Europe: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity According to Different International References. Front. Physiol. 10:130. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2019.00130
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.00130
dc.identifier.eissn2296-2360
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/216763
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFrontiers Media
dc.relationThis research was funded by Seneca Foundation — Agency for Science and Technology of the Region of Murcia (Spain). Grant number: 19113/FPI/13 (GL-S).
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physiology/articles/10.3389/fphys.2019.00130/full
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dc.subjectFat mass
dc.subjectBMI
dc.subjectNutritional status
dc.subjectWHO
dc.subjectIOTF
dc.subjectCGF
dc.subject.odsObjetivo 3: Salud
dc.titleBody Compositionin Children and Adolescents Residing in Southern Europe: Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Accordingto Different International References
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