Anthropometry of 5-19-year-old Tongan children with special interest in the high prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls
Anthropometry of 5-19-year-old Tongan children with special interest in the high prevalence of obesity among adolescent girls
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DOI：
10.1080/03014460500273275
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发表时间：
2005-11-01
影响因子：
1.7
通讯作者：
Ohtsuka, R
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作者：
Fukuyama, S;Inaoka, T;Ohtsuka, R
背景资料：尽管对太平洋岛民的成人肥胖问题非常关注，但儿童肥胖却很少被调查。目的：基于5-19岁汤加儿童的人体测量，本研究旨在阐明肥胖患病率的年龄和性别差异，该肥胖患病率由BMI计算，并与由皮褶厚度估计的体脂相关。在最现代化的岛屿和偏远的岛屿，895名5-19岁的学生，测量身高，体重，腰围，臀部和上臂中部的周长，二头肌，三头肌和肩胛下的皮褶厚度。超重和肥胖的患病率计算使用的参考数据的国际肥胖工作组（IOTF）和疾病控制和预防中心（CDC）。结果：汤加青春期女孩的肥胖的患病率定义的IOTF和CDC参考分别为19.4%和22.8%，是相当高的，不仅少女，而且青春期男孩。在青少年中，女孩的BMI与脂肪量呈正相关，而男孩则不然。在青少年的性别差异是平行的，在成年人中，归因于性别差异的日常behaviorpatterns.Conclusions：在汤加青少年中，女孩的肥胖患病率远远高于男孩，与脂肪堆积在前者。
Background: Despite much concern about adult obesity among Pacific Islanders, childhood obesity has seldom been investigated.Aim: Based on the anthropometry of Tongan children aged 5-19 years, this study aims to elucidate age and sex differences in obesity prevalence calculated from BMI and its relation to body fat estimated by skinfold thicknesses.Subjects and methods: 895 students, aged 5-19 years, in the most modernized island and a remote island, were measured for stature, body weight, circumferences at waist, hip and mid-upper arm, and skinfold thicknesses at biceps, triceps and subscapular. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was calculated using the reference data of the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).Results: The prevalence of obesity of Tongan adolescent girls defined by the IOTF and CDC references was 19.4% and 22.8%, respectively, being considerably higher than that of not only juvenile girls but also adolescent boys. Among adolescents, the girls' BMI was positively correlated with fat mass whereas in boys it was not. The sex difference in adolescents was parallel to that in adults, being attributable to gender differences in daily behavioural patterns.Conclusions: Among Tongan adolescents, obesity prevalence in girls was much higher than in boys, in association with fat accumulation in the former.