Table 3.
WHO classification and parents' perception of child's weigh status by country and overall
| Country | Classification of child's weight status based on WHO definition, % |
Parental perception of child's weight, % (95% CI) (95% CI) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| thinness | normal weight | overweight (excluding obesity) | obesity | underweight | normal weight | a little overweight | extremely overweight | |
| ALB | 2.4 (1.8–3.1) | 72.8 (69.5–75.8) | 15.0 (13.1–17.1) | 9.9 (8.2–11.9) | 7.0 (6.0–8.2) | 79.5 (77.6–81.3) | 12.0 (10.2–14.1) | 1.4 (1.0–2.0) |
| BUL | 3.0 (2.4–3.8) | 67.2 (65.4–69.0) | 16.2 (14.8–17.6) | 13.6 (12.3–14.9) | 7.0 (6.1–8.0) | 79.7 (78.1–81.1) | 12.2 (11.0–13.5) | 1.2 (0.8–1.7) |
| CRO | 1.7 (1.2–2.2) | 65.1 (63.4–66.9) | 19.7 (18.3–21.3) | 13.5 (12.2–14.9) | 1.7 (1.2–2.2) | 83.8 (82.3–85.1) | 13.7 (12.4–15.1) | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) |
| CZH | 4.2 (3.1–5.9) | 74.9 (72.4–77.2) | 13.9 (12.1–15.9) | 7.0 (5.4–9.0) | 5.5 (4.4–7.0) | 86.1 (83.9–87.9) | 7.6 (6.3–9.2) | 0.8 (0.4–1.4) |
| DEN | 2.2 (1.4–3.5) | 83.9 (80.8–86.6) | 10.6 (8.7–12.9) | 3.2 (2.1–4.7) | 6.9 (5.2–9.1) | 87.6 (85.0–89.9) | 5.4 (3.7–7.8) | 0.1 (0.0–0.8) |
| GEO | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 74.0 (72.2–75.8) | 15.6 (14.3–16.9) | 8.8 (7.7–10.0) | 10.3 (9.1–11.7) | 78.8 (77.0–80.4) | 10.1 (9.0–11.3) | 0.8 (0.5–1.2) |
| ITA | 1.6 (1.4–1.8) | 59.0 (58.3–59.7) | 22.6 (22.0–23.1) | 16.8 (16.3–17.3) | 7.4 (7.1–7.8) | 71.8 (71.2–72.4) | 19.6 (19.1–20.1) | 1.2 (1.0–1.3) |
| KAZ | 3.0 (2.0–4.3) | 78.0 (75.2–80.5) | 13.4 (11.7–15.2) | 5.7 (4.3–7.5) | 6.7 (5.5–8.1) | 85.7 (83.1–87.9) | 6.7 (5.4–8.2) | 1.0 (0.6–1.5) |
| KGZ | 3.0 (2.4–3.9) | 87.1 (85.9–88.9) | 7.2 (6.4–8.0) | 2.7 (2.1–3.3) | 19.3 (17.7–20.9) | 76.8 (75.1–78.4) | 3.7 (3.1–4.4) | 0.3 (0.1–0.5) |
| LTU | 2.0 (1.5–2.5) | 71.9 (70.3–73.6) | 15.7 (14.7–16.8) | 10.4 (9.2–11.8) | 5.7 (5.0–6.5) | 82.1 (80.8–83.3) | 11.0 (10.1–11.9) | 1.1 (0.8–1.5) |
| LVA | 1.6 (1.1–2.3) | 73.4 (72.0–74.7) | 16.9 (15.8–18.0) | 8.1 (7.3–9.0) | 6.6 (5.9–7.5) | 80.4 (79.1–81.7) | 11.9 (10.9–12.9) | 1.1 (0.9–1.4) |
| MAT | 1.0 (0.9–1.1) | 63.4 (62.9–63.9) | 18.4 (18.0–18.8) | 17.2 (16.8–17.6) | 6.2 (5.9–6.5) | 79.4 (79.0–79.9) | 13.7 (13.3–14.1) | 0.7 (0.6–0.8) |
| MNE | 0.9 (0.6–1.4) | 65.9 (63.9–67.9) | 20.4 (18.7–22.2) | 12.8 (11.4–14.3) | 1.8 (1.3–2.5) | 88.2 (86.5–89.7) | 8.6 (7.5–9.8) | 1.4 (1.0–2.0) |
| POL | 1.8 (1.3–2.7) | 67.7 (65.2–70.2) | 18.0 (16.0–20.1) | 12.6 (10.5–14.9) | 7.9 (7.2–8.8) | 78.6 (77.8–79.4) | 11.1 (10.8–11.5) | 2.4 (1.9–3.0) |
| POR | 0.9 (0.7–1.3) | 68.8 (67.4–70.1) | 18.9 (17.9–20.0) | 11.4 (10.4–12.4) | 7.6 (6.9–8.3) | 83.3 (82.1–84.4) | 8.9 (8.1–9.8) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) |
| ROM | 6.7 (5.7–7.8) | 65.3 (63.9–66.8) | 17.1 (16.1–18.0) | 11.0 (10.0–12.0) | 6.9 (6.1–7.9) | 78.1 (76.7–79.4) | 14.4 (13.5–15.2) | 0.6 (0.3–1.0) |
| RUS | 2.8 (1.9–4.0) | 72.3 (69.8–74.7) | 15.5 (14.0–17.2) | 9.4 (7.8–11.1) | 7.3 (6.2–8.6) | 80.1 (77.7–82.2) | 11.8 (10.0–13.8) | 0.8 (0.5–1.3) |
| SMR | 1.0 (0.7–1.3) | 65.7 (64.3–67.1) | 21.1 (19.9–22.4) | 12.2 (11.3–13.2) | 6.6 (5.9–7.4) | 76.9 (75.6–78.1) | 15.8 (14.8–17.0) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) |
| SPA | 0.9 (0.6–1.3) | 58.8 (57.0–60.6) | 23.0 (21.7–24.3) | 17.4 (16.0–18.8) | 6.1 (5.4–6.9) | 81.3 (80.2–82.3) | 11.9 (11.0–12.9) | 0.7 (0.5–0.9) |
| TJK | 4.4 (3.2–6.2) | 87.9 (85.7–89.7) | 6.2 (5.0–7.6) | 1.5 (1.0–2.2) | 7.4 (6.1–9.1) | 89.6 (87.6–91.2) | 2.7 (2.0–3.7) | 0.3 (0.1–0.6) |
| TKM | 4.3 (3.5–5.4) | 83.8 (82.1–85.4) | 8.6 (7.4–10.0) | 3.2 (2.6–4.0) | 4.7 (3.5–6.3) | 93.3 (91.5–94.7) | 1.8 (1.4–2.4) | 0.1 (0.1–0.3) |
| TUR | 1.6 (1.3–1.9) | 72.1 (70.8–73.4) | 15.5 (14.7–16.4) | 10.8 (9.9–11.7) | 25.3 (23.9–26.6) | 67.5 (66.2–68.9) | 6.6 (5.9–7.4) | 0.6 (0.4–0.8) |
| Pooled estimatesa | 2.3 (2.0–2.5) | 68.8 (67.9–69.7) | 17.2 (16.6–17.8) | 11.7 (11.1–12.3) | 9.6 (9.1–10.1) | 79.1 (78.5–79.8) | 10.5 (10.0–10.9) | 0.8 (0.7–1.0) |
COSI/WHO Europe round 4 (2015–17). COSI, Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative; CI, confidence interval; BUL, Bulgaria; CZH, Czechia; DEN, Denmark; KGZ, Kyrgyzstan; GEO, Georgia; LVA, Latvia; LTU, Lithuania; MTA, Malta; MNE, Montenegro; RUS, Moscow city-Russian Federation; POR, Portugal; SPA, Spain; TJK, Tajikistan; TKM, Turkey; TUR, Turkmenistan, ALB, Albania; CRO, Croatia; ITA, Italy; POL, Poland; ROM, Romania; SMR, San Marino; KAZ, Kazakhstan.
a
Pooled estimates were calculated for the following age groups/countries: 7 year olds from BUL, CZH, DEN, KGZ, GEO, LVA, LTU, MAT, MNE, RUS, POL, SPA, TJK, TKM, and TUR; 8 year olds from ALB, CRO, ITA, POL, ROM, and SMR; and 9 year olds from KAZ.