title: Alarming prevalences of overweight and obesity for children of Turkish, Moroccan and Dutch origin in The Netherlands according to international standards.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Prevalences of overweight in The Netherlands, defined by international cut-off points, are presented in 14 500 children of Dutch origin, 2904 of Turkish and 2855 of Moroccan origin, aged 0-21 y.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean prevalence for Turkish boys and girls was 23.4% and 30.2%, for Moroccans 15.8% and 24.5%, for Dutch youths in large cities 12.6% and 16.5%, and for other Dutch participants 8.7% and 11.3%, respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The development of adequate prevention strategies is urgently needed.
authors.affiliation: TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands. am.fredriks@pg.tno.nl
authors.forename: A Miranda
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Fredriks
authors.forename: Stef
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Buuren
authors.forename: Remy A Hira
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Sing
authors.forename: Jan Maarten
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Wit
authors.forename: S Pauline
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Verloove-Vanhorick
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco / Q000208:ethnology; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D014421:Turkey / Q000208:ethnology