| Автор | Liu, Ailing |
| Автор | Byrne, Nuala M. |
| Автор | Kagawa, Masaharu |
| Автор | Ma, Guansheng |
| Автор | Poh, Bee Koon |
| Автор | Ismail, Mohammad Noor |
| Автор | Kijboonchoo, Kallaya |
| Автор | Nasreddine, Lara |
| Автор | Trinidad, Trinidad Palad |
| Автор | Hills, Andrew P. |
| Дата выпуска | 2011 |
| dc.description | Overweight and obesity in Asian children are increasing at an alarming rate; therefore a better understanding of the relationship between BMI and percentage body fat (%BF) in this population is important. A total of 1039 children aged 8–10 years, encompassing a wide BMI range, were recruited from China, Lebanon, Malaysia, The Philippines and Thailand. Body composition was determined using the <sup>2</sup>H dilution technique to quantify total body water and subsequently fat mass, fat-free mass and %BF. Ethnic differences in the BMI–%BF relationship were found; for example, %BF in Filipino boys was approximately 2 % lower than in their Thai and Malay counterparts. In contrast, Thai girls had approximately 2·0 % higher %BF values than in their Chinese, Lebanese, Filipino and Malay counterparts at a given BMI. However, the ethnic difference in the BMI–%BF relationship varied by BMI. Compared with Caucasian children of the same age, Asian children had 3–6 units lower BMI at a given %BF. Approximately one-third of the obese Asian children (%BF above 25 % for boys and above 30 % for girls) in the study were not identified using the WHO classification and more than half using the International Obesity Task Force classification. Use of the Chinese classification increased the sensitivity. Results confirmed the necessity to consider ethnic differences in body composition when developing BMI cut-points and other obesity criteria in Asian children. |
| Формат | application.pdf |
| Издатель | Cambridge University Press |
| Копирайт | Copyright © The Authors 2011 |
| Тема | Body composition |
| Тема | Ethnicity |
| Тема | Asian children |
| Тема | Human and Clinical Nutrition |
| Название | Ethnic differences in the relationship between body mass index and percentage body fat among Asian children from different backgrounds |
| Тип | research-article |
| DOI | 10.1017/S0007114511001681 |
| Electronic ISSN | 1475-2662 |
| Print ISSN | 0007-1145 |
| Журнал | British Journal of Nutrition |
| Том | 106 |
| Первая страница | 1390 |
| Последняя страница | 1397 |
| Аффилиация | Liu Ailing; National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology |
| Аффилиация | Byrne Nuala M.; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology |
| Аффилиация | Kagawa Masaharu; Institute of Nutrition Sciences, Kagawa Nutrition University |
| Аффилиация | Ma Guansheng; National Institute of Nutrition and Food Safety, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention |
| Аффилиация | Poh Bee Koon; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Аффилиация | Ismail Mohammad Noor; Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
| Аффилиация | Kijboonchoo Kallaya; Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University at Salaya |
| Аффилиация | Nasreddine Lara; American University of Beirut |
| Аффилиация | Trinidad Trinidad Palad; Food and Nutrition Research Institute |
| Аффилиация | Hills Andrew P.; Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation, Queensland University of Technology |
| Выпуск | 9 |
