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Assessment of Child Anthropometry in a Large Epidemiologic Study
Published on: February 2, 2017
Screening for body-weight disorders in Nigerian children using contrasting definitions
D T Goon1, A L Toriola, B S Shaw
1Department of Sports, Rehabilitation and Dental Sciences, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa.
Abstract:
Several indices for body-weight disorders exist in scientific literature, but it is inconclusive whether or not they can yield comparable results when applied to Nigerian children. The prevalence of weight disorders in Nigerian children was examined using the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) body mass index (BMI) for age charts and the International Obesity Task Force's (IOTF) age- and sex-specific BMI cut-off points. Participants were 2015 pupils (979 boys and 1036 girls) aged 9-12 years, attending 19 public primary schools in Makurdi, Nigeria. Stature and body mass were measured using standard techniques. Results were analysed using student t-test and Chi-squared statistics, with the probability level set at
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