ArticlePakistan journal of medical sciences
Waist to height ratio as a screening tool for identifying childhood obesity and associated factors.
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- Optimal cut-off value of waist circumference-to-height ratio to predict central obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis of diagnostic studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Pooled it
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- Association of 25(OH)D with general and abdominal obesity among children and adolescents in the United States: a cross-sectional NHANES analysis.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Inflammatory index score in children: its relationship with neophobia, dietary quality and anthropometric measurements.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Tri-ponderal mass index as a screening tool for obesity prediction in children aged 6-9 years.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for identifying cardiometabolic risk in children: a meta-analysis.Diabetology & metabolic syndrome · 2021Article
- The effectiveness of the trans-theoretical model in managing adult obese and overweight individuals.Pakistan journal of medical sciencesArticle
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Abstract
objectiveTo investigate the prevalence of obesity and associated factors during childhood in Southeastern Turkey. Another objective was to determine the cut-off points of Waist to Height Ratio (WHtR) values for defining obesity/abdominal obesity.
methodsThe community-based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Gaziantep Turkey between November 2011 and December 2011 with 2718 primary school/high schools students aged 6-17 years. The SPSS 22.00 was used for the analysis of data.
resultsThe prevalence of overweight, obesity, abdominal obesity, was 13.2%, 4.2% ,26.4%, respectively. There was a reverse relationship between BMI/WC values and sleep durations (p<0.05). The BMI/WC values were higher in students with computer usage time ≥1 hours in a day (p<0.05). Parental obesity status has an effective role on the WC/BMI values of children (p<0.05). The WHtR was a good predictor of diagnosis on obesity and abdominal obesity (AUC=0.928, p<0.0001; AUC=0.920, p<0.0001; respectively). The optimal cut-off values for obesity and abdominal obesity were detected as 0.5077, 0.4741, respectively.
conclusionsThe WHtR can be used for diagnosis of obesity/abdominal obesity. Parental obesity, short sleep duration and computer use more than one hour per day are risk factors for the development of obesity in children and adolescents.
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