Declining and stabilising trends in prevalence of overweight and obesity in Dutch, Turkish, Moroccan and South Asian children 3-16 years of age between 1999 and 2011 in the Netherlands

Objective In many developed countries, overweight and obesity prevalence seems to stabilise. The aim of this study was to determine trends between 1999 and 2011 in overweight and obesity prevalence, and mean Body Mass Index (BMI) z-score in Dutch, Turkish, Moroccan and Surinamese South Asian children in the Netherlands. Design A cross-sectional population-based study with 136 080 measurements of height and weight of 73 290 children aged 3–16 years. BMI class and BMI z-score were determined with the latest International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) criteria, with ov... Mehr ...