title: [Anthropometric indices among schoolchildren from a municipality in Southern Brazil: a descriptive analysis using the LMS method].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the percentile values for body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-height (WHtR) of children from Colombo, Brazil, and compare them with data of children from other countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study with a random sample of 2,035 children aged 6-11 years. Age-and sex-specific smoothed percentiles curves for BMI, WC and WHtR were created using the LMS method. Values of 10(th), 50(th) and 90(th) percentiles from Brazilian children were compared with data from other countries.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a trend of increasing BMI and WC with age in both sexes. WHtR remained constant with advancing age in boys and girls. Comparison of the growth pattern among countries showed clear differences. Southern Brazil boys and girls had elevated 90(th) percentile values for BMI, which was similar to German children and higher than the North American and World Health Organization percentile values. However, children from this study had intermediate values for WC and WHtR in comparison to children from other countries.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Elevated BMI values were observed among southern Brazilian children, but WC and WHtR percentile values were lower in southern Brazilian children than in children from other countries. Interventions at different levels should be made to avoid a probable increase of nutritional disorders (especially general obesity) in the next years.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil. Electronic address: valtercbf@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Valter Cordeiro Barbosa
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Filho
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, SC, Brasil.
authors.forename: Adair da Silva
authors.initials: Ada S
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Rosa
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Fagundes
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Wagner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: de Campos
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001938:Brazil; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D055105:Waist Circumference
keywords: Anthropometry; Antropometria; Child development; Children; Crianças; Cross‐sectional study; Desenvolvimento infantil; Estado nutricional; Estudo transversal; nutritional status