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Adiposity of Korean school‐age children measured by national and international growth charts
Author(s) -
Ahn Youngmee,
Choi Sunha,
Sohn Min
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
research in nursing and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1098-240X
pISSN - 0160-6891
DOI - 10.1002/nur.21510
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , gerontology , psychology , sociology
The study was conducted to explore adiposity levels of Korean children using body mass index (BMI) and comparing how three BMI charts define adiposity. The charts used were the growth standard of the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the growth references of the World Health Organization and the International Obesity Task Force. The percentage of children at different adiposity levels varied depending on which chart was used. These discrepancies arose from the different cut‐offs for adiposity and the different characteristics of the populations that were used to develop the charts. Research is needed to identify which growth charts and cut‐offs for children are most associated with health risks in later life. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Res Nurs Health 36:16–25, 2013