Alarming prevalences of overweight and obesity for children of Turkish, Moroccan and Dutch origin in The Netherlands according to international standards.
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.
Fredriks
A Miranda
AM
TNO Prevention and Health, Leiden, The Netherlands. am.fredriks@pg.tno.nl
Van Buuren
Stef
S
Sing
Remy A Hira
RA
Wit
Jan Maarten
JM
Verloove-Vanhorick
S Pauline
SP
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