Year: 2021
Type: Article
Title: Methodology and implementation of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI)
Author: Breda, João
Author: McColl, Karen
Author: Buoncristiano, Marta
Author: Williams, Julianne
Author: Abdrakhmanova, Shynar
Author: Abdurrahmonova, Zulfiya
Author: Ahrens, Wolfgang
Author: Akhmedova, Dilorom
Author: Bakacs, Márta
Author: Boer, Jolanda M.A.
Author: Boymatova, Khadichamo
Author: Brinduse, Lacramioara Aurelia
Author: Cucu, Alexandra
Author: Duleva, Vesselka
Author: Endevelt, Ronit
Author: Sant'Angelo, Victoria Farrugia
Author: Fijałkowska, Anna
Author: Hadžiomeragić, Aida Filipović
Author: García‐Solano, Marta
Author: Grøholt, Else Karin
Author: Gualtieri, Andrea
Author: Hassapidou, Maria
Author: Hejgaard, Tatjana
Author: Hyska, Jolanda
Author: Kelleher, Cecily C.
Author: Kujundžić, Enisa
Author: Mäki, Päivi
Author: Markidou Ioannidou, Eliza
Author: Melkumova, Marina
Author: Moyersoen, Isabelle
Author: Milanović, Sanja Musić
Author: Nurk, Eha
Author: Ostojic, Sergej M.
Author: Peterkova, Valentina
Author: Petrauskienė, Aušra
Author: Pudule, Iveta
Author: Rito, Ana Isabel
Author: Russell Jonsson, Kenisha
Author: Rutter, Harry
Author: Salanave, Benoît
Author: Seyidov, Nabil
Author: Shengelia, Lela
Author: Silitrari, Natalia
Author: Spinelli, Angela
Author: Spiroski, Igor
Author: Starc, Gregor
Author: Stojisavljević, Dragana
Author: Tanrygulyyeva, Maya
Author: Tichá, Ľubica
Author: Usupova, Zhamilya
Author: Weghuber, Daniel
Author: Yardim, Nazan
Author: Zamrazilová, Hana
Author: Zbanatskyi, Vladyslav
Author: Branca, Francesco
Author: Weber, Martin
Author: Rakovac, Ivo
Abstract: Establishment of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) has resulted in a surveillance system which provides regular, reliable, timely, and accurate data on children's weight status—through standardized measurement of bodyweight and height—in the WHO European Region. Additional data on dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behavior, family background, and school environments are collected in several countries. In total, 45 countries in the European Region have participated in COSI. The first five data collection rounds, between 2007 and 2021, yielded measured anthropometric data on over 1.3 million children. In COSI, data are collected according to a common protocol, using standardized instruments and procedures. The systematic collection and analysis of these data enables intercountry comparisons and reveals differences in the prevalence of childhood thinness, overweight, normal weight, and obesity between and within populations. Furthermore, it facilitates investigation of the relationship between overweight, obesity, and potential risk or protective factors and improves the understanding of the development of overweight and obesity in European primary-school children in order to support appropriate and effective policy responses.
Publisher: Wiley
Relation: Obesity Reviews
Identifier: oai:repository.ukim.mk:20.500.12188/15376
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12188/15376Identifier: 10.1111/obr.13215
Identifier: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obr.13215Identifier: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1111/obr.13215Identifier: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obr.13215
