24.05.2017 | Original Article
Central overweight and obesity in Polish schoolchildren aged 7–18 years: secular changes of waist circumference between 1966 and 2012
Erschienen in: European Journal of Pediatrics | Ausgabe 7/2017
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What is Known:
• BMI
has significant limitations related to fat distribution, while WC is a measure of central adiposity.
• Greater central fat deposition increases the risk of many diseases; therefore, WC may serve as a diagnostic measure for detecting central obesity in children at risk.
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What is New:
• In girls, changes in BMI and WC indicate change in adipose tissue distribution to a more central one in late adolescence girls.
• Both general and abdominal obesity in Polish children increased significantly from 1966 to 2012, with the tendency to a greater increase of the fraction of individuals with central obesity than the overall one, implying the number of metabolic complications in Polish children and adolescents may intensify in the future
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