[Body mass index among children and adolescents: prevalences and distribution considering underweight and extreme obesity : Results of KiGGS Wave 2 and trends].
DISCUSSION: There are now many activities at the national, regional, and local level that focus on prevention and intervention to reduce overweight and obesity. The marginal shifts in the upper BMI percentiles in the upper BMI percentiles before puberty observed here suggest that some success may have been achieved in obesity prevention among children in Germany.
PMID: 31529189 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Schienkiewitz A, Damerow S, Schaffrath Rosario A, Kurth BM Tags: Bundesgesundheitsblatt Gesundheitsforschung Gesundheitsschutz Source Type: research
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