title: [Monitoring the prevalence of obesity].
abstract: The Danish Fitness and Nutrition Council has proposed a model to monitor the prevalence of overweight and obesity in Denmark. The model should make it possible to assess whether different initiatives reduce the prevalence of obesity and to gain knowledge on how to prevent obesity. The prevalence of obesity should be estimated in a non-biased randomly selected sample of the population once yearly, using all available data from routine measurements and encouraging new measurements conducted in professional settings where routine data are not available.
authors.affiliation: Motions- og Ernaeringsrådets sekretariat, Søborg. sm@meraadet.dk
authors.forename: Thorkild I A
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Pernille
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Due
authors.forename: Bente
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: Berit L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Heitmann
authors.forename: Karina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jørgensen
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lichtenberg
authors.forename: Kim Fleischer
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Michaelsen
authors.forename: Pia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Müller
authors.forename: Bjørn
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Richelsen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D015995:Prevalence; D012042:Registries