Role of Nutritionist in Childhood obesity, prevalence and prevention
what is Childhood obesity? Although the definitions of obesity and overweight have evolved over time, a high body fat percentage (BF) can be considered childhood obesity. There is no universally accepted threshold for excess fatness, obesity, or overweight in children and adolescents. Williams and others, measured the skin fold thickness of 3320 children between the ages of 5 and 18 and classified children as fat if their body fat percentage was at least 25% for males and 30% for females, respectively." At risk for overweight" is defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as being between the 85th and 95th percentiles of BMI for an individual's age. Overweight was defined by European researchers as being above the 85th percentile of BMI and obesity as being above the 95th percentile. The percentage of body fat can also be measured in a number of different ways. Multi-frequency bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA), underwater weighing (densitometry), and ...