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

Spinelli, Angela; Buoncristiano, Marta; Kovács, Viktória; Yngve, Agneta; Spiroski, Igor; Obreja, Galina; Starc, Gregor; Pérez, Napoleón; Isabel Rito, Ana; Kunešová, Marie; Farrugia Sant’Angelo, Victoria; Meisfjord, Jørgen; Holden Bergh, Ingunn; C. Kelleher, Cecily; Yardım, Nazan; Pudule, Iveta; Petrauskienė, Aušra; Duleva, Vesselka; Sjöberg, Agneta; Gualtieri, Andrea; Hassapidou, Maria; Hyska, Jolanda; Burazeri, Genc; Huidumac Petrescu, Constanta; M. Heinen, Mirjam; Takacs, Hajnalka; Zamrazilová, Hana; Bağcı Bosi, Tülay; Sacchini, Elena; Pagkalos, Ioannis; Cucu, Alexandra; Nardone, Paola; Gately, Paul; Williams, Julianne; Breda, João

doi:10.1159/000500436

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

Published in Obesity Facts • Jan 1, 2019

Authors:

Angela Spinelli

Marta Buoncristiano

Viktória Kovács

Abstract

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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Medicine

Overweight

Obesity

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