Prevalence of Severe Obesity among Primary School Children in 21 European Countries

Background: The World Health Organization (WHO) European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was established more than 10 years ago to estimate prevalence and monitor changes in overweight and obesity in children aged 6–9 years. Since then, there have been five rounds of data collection...

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Main Authors: Angela Spinelli, Marta Buoncristiano, Viktoria Anna Kovacs, Agneta Yngve, Igor Spiroski, Galina Obreja, Gregor Starc, Napoleón Pérez, Ana Isabel Rito, Marie Kunešová, Victoria Farrugia Sant’Angelo, Jørgen Meisfjord, Ingunn Holden Bergh, Cecily Kelleher, Nazan Yardim, Iveta Pudule, Ausra Petrauskiene, Vesselka Duleva, Agneta Sjöberg, Andrea Gualtieri, Maria Hassapidou, Jolanda Hyska, Genc Burazeri, Constanta Huidumac Petrescu, Mirjam Heinen, Hajnalka Takacs, Hana Zamrazilová, Tulay Bagci Bosi, Elena Sacchini, Ioannis Pagkalos, Alexandra Cucu, Paola Nardone, Paul Gately, Julianne Williams, João Breda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2019-04-01
Series:Obesity Facts
Subjects:
BMI
Online Access:https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/500436