title: Simplified screening for overweight in children using the 2007 WHO Reference.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to develop a screening instrument for easy identification of overweight in children and adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data derived from the 2007 Growth Reference published by the World Health Organization (WHO) were utilized to compute gender-specific screening values for identification of overweight in 5- to 19-year-olds. Computations were based on age- and gender-specific +1 standard deviation z-scores for the body mass index and calculated for the various height percentiles at 6-month age intervals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The simplified approach for identification of overweight consisted of two tables, one each for girls and boys. Each table described the screening values for overweight at 6-month age intervals for all the 11 height percentiles described in the 2007 WHO Reference.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The simplified approach uses only the child's height and weight measurements and without any additional computation provides an assessment of overweight status in children and adolescents.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. hashim.nainar@utoronto.ca
authors.forename: S M H
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nainar
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D057238:Growth Charts; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D050177:Overweight / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012015:Reference Standards; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization; D055815:Young Adult