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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1135-5727</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Española de Salud Pública]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Esp. Salud Publica]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1135-5727</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Ministerio de Sanidad]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1135-57272018000100211</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[¿Cuántos niños hay con exceso de peso en Galicia? ¿Qué información debemos comunicar?]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[How many kids are there with excess weight? What information should be published?]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez-Ríos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aaf"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Santiago-Pérez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[María I]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Malvar Pintos]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Alberto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Suanzes Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Hervada Vidal]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Xurxo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Consellería de Sanidade. Xunta de Galicia Dirección Xeral de Innovación e Xestión da Saúde Pública Subdirección de Información sobre Saúde e Epidemioloxía]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Compostela ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Santiago de Compostela Departamento de Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Compostela ]]></addr-line>
<country>Spain</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Consellería de Sanidade. Xunta de Galicia Dirección Xeral de Innovación e Xestión da Saúde Pública Subdirección de Programas de Fomento de Estilos de Vida Saudables]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Compostela ]]></addr-line>
<country>España</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>92</volume>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1135-57272018000100211&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1135-57272018000100211&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1135-57272018000100211&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Fundamentos: En los estudios epidemiológicos, no hay consenso sobre cuáles son las referencias que se deben emplear para caracterizar el estado ponderal de los escolares después de estimar su índice de masa corporal. El objetivo de este trabajo fue valorar como influyen diferentes criterios en la caracterización del estado ponderal de escolares gallegos de 6 a 15 años e identificar el criterio que mejor caracteriza la obesidad central.  Métodos: Estudio transversal en una muestra de 7.438 escolares de 6 a 15 años representativa por sexo y edad. Se estimó la prevalencia de obesidad central y de bajo peso, normopeso, sobrepeso y obesidad utilizando los criterios de referencia de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS), Cole, Orbegozo-2011 y del estudio Enkid. Para identificar el criterio que mejor caracteriza la obesidad central se calcularon valores predictivos positivos de obesidad y negativos de sobrepeso y obesidad.  Resultados: La caracterización de los escolares en función de su estado ponderal varió en función de la referencia empleada con estimaciones que oscilaban en 20,4 puntos porcentuales cuando se comparaba el exceso de peso según criterios de la OMS, 41,5%, y Enkid, 21,1%. El criterio que presentó mejor capacidad predictiva de obesidad central fue el propuesto por Cole.  Conclusiones: La variabilidad que se observa en la caracterización del estado ponderal de los escolares asociada al uso de distintos criterios de referencia es muy importante. Si se considera a la obesidad central como indicador de exceso de peso, la referencia de Cole es la que mejor caracteriza a los escolares, ya que es la que tiene mejor capacidad predictiva.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Background: In epidemiological studies, there is no consensus on which references should be used to characterize the weight status of schoolchildren after estimating their body mass index. The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence that different criteria have on the characterization of the weight status of Galician schoolchildren from 6 to 15 years old and to identify the criterion that best characterizes central obesity.  Methods: Cross-sectional study on a sample of 7.438 schoolchildren representative by sex and age of the Galician population of 6 to 15 year olds. The prevalence of central obesity and underweight, normal weight, overweight and obesity was estimated using the reference standards of the World Health Organization (WHO), Cole, Orbegozo-2011 and the Enkid study. In order to identify the criterion that best characterizes central obesity, the positive predictive values of obesity and the negative ones of overweight and obesity were calculated.  Results: The characterization of schoolchildren according to their weight status was different depending on the reference used with estimates that vary by 20.4 percentage points being prevalence of excess weight using WHO references 41.5% while with Enkid it is 21.1%. The reference with the best predictive capacity of central obesity was those proposed by Cole.  Conclusions: The variability observed in the characterization of the weight status of schoolchildren associated with the use of different reference criteria is very important. If central obesity is a good indicator of excess of weight, the reference proposed by Cole would be the one with the best capacity to characterize the child and youth population, related to the best predictive capacity.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Obesidad]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Obesidad abdominal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Prevalencia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Infancia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Pesos y medidas corporales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Obesity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Abdominal obesity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Prevalence]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Childhood]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Weights and measures]]></kwd>
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