WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: body mass index and level of overweight among 6-9-year-old children from school year 2007/2008 to school year 2009/2010

Wijnhoven, Trudy M A; van Raaij, Joop M A; Spinelli, Angela; Starc, Gregor; Hassapidou, Maria; Spiroski, Igor; Rutter, Harry; Martos, Éva; Rito, Ana I; Hovengen, Ragnhild; Pérez-Farinós, Napoleón; Petrauskiene, Ausra; Eldin, Nazih; Braeckevelt, Lien; Pudule, Iveta; Kunešová, Marie; Breda, João

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-14-806

WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: body mass index and level of overweight among 6-9-year-old children from school year 2007/2008 to school year 2009/2010

Journal

BMC public health

Date Issued

2014-08-07

Author(s)

Wijnhoven, Trudy M A

van Raaij, Joop M A

Spinelli, Angela

Starc, Gregor

Hassapidou, Maria

Rutter, Harry

Martos, Éva

Rito, Ana I

Hovengen, Ragnhild

Pérez-Farinós, Napoleón

Petrauskiene, Ausra

Eldin, Nazih

Braeckevelt, Lien

Pudule, Iveta

Kunešová, Marie

Breda, João

DOI

10.1186/1471-2458-14-806

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Europe has established the Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) to monitor changes in overweight in primary-school children. The aims of this paper are to present the anthropometric results of COSI Round 2 (2009/2010) and to explore changes in body mass index (BMI) and overweight among children within and across nine countries from school years 2007/2008 to 2009/2010.

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