TY - JOUR
AU1 - Kleiser, Christina
AU2 - Schaffrath Rosario, Angelika
AU3 - Mensink, Gert
AU4 - Prinz-Langenohl, Reinhild
AU5 - Kurth, Bärbel-Maria
AB - Background: Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health problem. The aim of the present paper is to identify potential determinants of obesity and risk groups among 3- to 17-year old children and adolescents to provide a basis for effective prevention strategies. Methods: Data were collected in the German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS), a nationally representative and comprehensive data set on health behaviour and health status of German children and adolescents. Body height and weight were measured and body mass index (BMI) was classified according to IOTF cut-off points. Statistical analyses were conducted on 13,450 non-underweight children and adolescents aged 3 to 17 years. The association between overweight, obesity and several potential determinants was analysed for this group as well as for three socio-economic status (SES) groups. A multiple logistic regression model with obesity as the dependent variable was also calculated. Results: The strongest association with obesity was observed for parental overweight and for low SES. Furthermore, a positive association with both overweight (including obesity) and obesity was seen for maternal smoking during pregnancy, high weight gain during pregnancy (only for mothers of normal weight), high birth weight, and high media 
TI - Potential determinants of obesity among children and adolescents in Germany: results from the cross-sectional KiGGS study
JF - BMC Public Health
DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-9-46
DA - 2009-02-02
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/potential-determinants-of-obesity-among-children-and-adolescents-in-0JaKcoSPXg
SP - 1
EP - 14
VL - 9
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -