The heights and weights of Irish children from the post-war era to the Celtic tiger

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dc.contributor.authorPerry, Ivan J.
dc.contributor.authorWhelton, Helen
dc.contributor.authorHarrington, Janas M.
dc.contributor.authorCousins, Bernard
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-12T12:17:46Z
dc.date.available2010-02-12T12:17:46Z
dc.date.issued2009-03
dc.date.updated2010-02-10T11:00:18Z
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is a significant global health issue. National level data on long-term secular trends are relatively sparse. METHODS: Data were obtained from three large-scale surveys of school-aged children in Ireland involving measurements of height and weight in 1948, the 1970s and 2002. RESULTS: Significant increases in height and weight were observed in both boys and girls and in all age groups across the decades. The increases in weight were disproportionate to the trends in height. While boys aged 14 years were 23 cm taller 2002 than in 1948, their average weight was 61 kg, compared with 37 kg in 1948, an increase of 24 kg. A substantial proportion of the increase in weight is seen between the 1970s and 2002. CONCLUSIONS: The data provide stark and compelling evidence on the evolution of the obesity epidemic in Irish children in tandem with the increase in economic prosperity.en
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dc.identifier.citationPerry I.J., Whelton H., Harrington J., Cousins B., 2009. The heights and weights of Irish children from the post-war era to the Celtic tiger. Journal of epidemiology and community health, 63(3), pp.262-264.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/jech.2008.079236
dc.identifier.endpage264en
dc.identifier.issn0143-005X
dc.identifier.issn1470-2738
dc.identifier.issued3en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of epidemiology and community healthen
dc.identifier.startpage262en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/115
dc.identifier.volume63en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherBritish Medical Journal Groupen
dc.rights© 2009 IJ Perry et al; licensee BMJ Groupen
dc.subjectChildhood obesityen
dc.subjectHistorical trendsen
dc.subjectHeighten
dc.subjectWeighten
dc.subject.lcshObesity in children -- Irelanden
dc.subject.lcshSocial change -- Ireland -- 20th centuryen
dc.subject.lcshHealth surveys -- Irelanden
dc.titleThe heights and weights of Irish children from the post-war era to the Celtic tigeren
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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