Age, Gender and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Asian American College Students and Their Parents Using Different BMI Cutoffs

Autor/inn/en	Wang, Li Hui; Chen, Ying Chang; Ka Chung, Angela; Poon, George; Lew, Polong; Tam, Chick F.
Titel	Age, Gender and Ethnic Differences in Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in Asian American College Students and Their Parents Using Different BMI Cutoffs
Quelle	In: College Student Journal, 41 (2007) 3, S.583-600 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0146-3934
Schlagwörter	College Students; Obesity; Incidence; Public Health; Asian Americans; Age Differences; Gender Differences; Body Weight; Ethnicity; Parents; Evaluation Criteria; California + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Adipositas; Vorkommen; Gesundheitswesen; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Geschlechterkonflikt; Körpergewicht; Ethnizität; Eltern; Kalifornien
Abstract	The objective was to determine if the WHO global BMI (kg/m[squared]) cutoffs for determining overweight and obesity in the general populations are appropriate for Asian populations and to consider whether population-specific cutoffs would be warranted. A nonrandomized biased sampling of 227 Asian Americans were composed of 149 college students, including 104 Chinese, 30 Vietnamese and 15 Japanese, enrolled in California State University at Los Angeles and 78 of their parents to examine the differences of prevalence of overweight and obesity based on two BMI cutoffs: (I) WHO global cutoffs, overweight BMI greater than or equal to 25, obesity: BMI greater than or equal to 30, and (II) WHO recommended cutoffs for Asians, overweight: BMI greater than or equal to 23, obesity: BMI greater than or equal to 27.5. The prevalence of overweight/obesity based on (II) were 2 times higher than those based on (I) in total young Asians, total Chinese, and in young, old, male Chinese. It was 4 times higher in young Vietnamese and 3 times higher in female Japanese. The prevalence of obesity was also fairly different using these two criteria. This study identified potential BMI cutoffs to consider for these Asians and established that the WHO cutoffs for Asians should be taken into consideration when making public health policy for these populations. (Contains 3 tables and 8 figures.) (Author).
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