Kleiser, Christina: Determinants and health risks of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany. - Bonn, 2010. - Dissertation, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn.
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urn: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hbz:5N-20380,
author = {{Christina Kleiser}},
title = {Determinants and health risks of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Germany},
school = {Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn},
year = 2010,
month = mar,

note = {The worldwide growing prevalence of overweight and obesity is becoming an important public health concern, also among children and adolescents. To establish effective prevention strategies, it is important to identify potential determinants and health related consequences in an early stage of life. In the present study, major determinants of overweight and obesity as well as the association between overweight and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors were analysed using data from the large nationally representative German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Furthermore, the relevance of different anthropometric overweight measures for assessing health risk was evaluated.
From the obtained information, parental overweight was identified as a major determinant of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents. A positive independent association with obesity was also seen for low socio-economic status (SES), migration background (only significant among 3-13 year olds), high weight gain during pregnancy (only significant for normal weight mothers), maternal smoking during pregnancy, high birth weight, short sleep duration (only significant among 3-10 year olds), and high media consumption. A low SES was also associated with a higher occurrence of unfavourable behaviour and conditions.
All observed overweight measures, showed a consistent positive association with adverse CVD risk factors, even in children younger than 11 years of age. Depending on the overweight measure chosen, the highest differences in the adjusted mean values of CVD risk factors between overweight and non-overweight were 14 mg/dl for total cholesterol, 12 mg/dl for LDL cholesterol, -10 mg/dl for HDL cholesterol, 9 mm Hg for systolic blood pressure, 4 mm Hg for diastolic blood pressure, and 1.2 mg/l for C-reactive protein. Among adolescents, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio showed a stronger association with CVD risk factors than waist-to-hip ratio and skinfold thickness.
Children and adolescents from families with overweight parents and low SES have a higher risk for overweight and obesity and are therefore important target groups for prevention. BMI, waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio are good predictors for adverse CVD risk factors. Combining BMI and waist circumference or BMI and waist-to-height ratio may be even more useful for risk assessment in large-scale epidemiologic studies.},

url = {https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/4195}
}

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