Introduction: Obesity is a problem of major public health concern all over the world and
Malta has high obesity prevalence rates. With over a third of Maltese children being …

This study measured body mass index (BMI) in a national cohort of school‐entry children in
Malta (04/2007, n= 3461). By International Obesity Task Force criteria, over a quarter are …

AIM To determine changes over time in the body mass index (BMI) profile of Australian
primary schoolchildren and to assess the effects of sex and ethnicity. METHODS Height and …

Aims: To compare body mass index (BMI) at 7 years and at 9 years of age in a national
cohort of children in Malta, born in 2001, and to compare the results with an earlier study …

Objectives: Obesity is a chronic disease that often commences in childhood. More than a
quarter of Maltese children are overweight or obese. The present study was carried out to …

Objectives: To determine the population prevalence of overweight and obesity among
Australian children and adolescents, based on measured body mass index (BMI). To …

OBJECTIVES: First, to determine obesity rates in Auckland school children according to their
ethnic group using two different criteria: the body mass index (BMI) and percentage body fat …

Background Early childhood overweight and obesity increased substantially in high-income
countries throughout the 1980s and 1990s. The flattening or reversal of this trend since the …

Background Body mass index is a helpful tool for determining underweight, overweight, or
obese in children and adults. Objectives The study investigates trends of BMI and its …

Aims: To investigate changes in mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity
between 1998 and 2006 in annual cohorts of 9—10-year-old Liverpool schoolchildren …