Trends in overweight and obesity prevalence in Dutch, Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese South Asian children in the Netherlands

Objective: To determine trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children in The Hague (the Netherlands) from 1999 through 2007. Design: Population-based study of a series of cross-sectional assessments of height and weight from electronic health records. Setting: Child Health Care (Municipal Health Service), The Hague. Participants: 50 961 children aged 3–16 years, with Dutch (59%), Turkish (17%), Moroccan (13%) or Surinamese South Asian (11%) ethnicity, representative of the four major ethnic groups in The Hague, with 85 234 weight and height measurements recorded in 1999–2007.... Mehr ...