Comparison of BMI-for-age in adolescent girls in 3 countries of the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
International comparisons of adolescent overweight and obesity are hampered by the lack of a single agreed measurement reference. We compared 3 BMI-for-age references on samples of adolescent girls from Egypt, Kuwait and Lebanon. Overweight and obesity was highest in Kuwait and lowest in Lebanon. Performance of the 3 standards differed only slightly although one was particularly applicable in country-to-country comparisons.
Department of Nutrition and Food Science, University of Maryland, Maryland, USA. bojack@umd.edu
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D000293:Adolescent; D017677:Age Distribution; D000886:Anthropometry; D001823:Body Composition; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D004534:Egypt / Q000453:epidemiology; D002149:Energy Intake; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007730:Kuwait / Q000453:epidemiology; D007861:Lebanon / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance; D015995:Prevalence; D012016:Reference Values; D049629:Waist-Hip Ratio