台北市學齡前兒童身高及體重研究

The Body Height and Body Weight of Preschool Children in Taipei City

楊淑惠(Shwu-Huey Yang) ； 鄭心嫻(Hsing-Hsien Cheng) ； 黃心怡(Hsin-Yi Huang) ； 彭湘琦(Hsiang-Chi Peng) ； 陳嘉文(Jia-Wen Chen) ； 許薰惠(Hsun-Huey Hsu) ； 謝明哲(Ming-Jer Shieh)

《中華民國營養學會雜誌》 26卷1期 (2001/03) Pp. 41-50

https://doi.org/10.6691/JCNS.200103_26(1).0005

摘要

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the body height and weight of preschool children, aged from 36 to 83 months old, in Taipei City. Parameters including height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and weight-for-length index (WLI) of the subjects were analyzed from two cross-sectional samples from February 1997 to May 2000. A total of 2,102 children were recruited from kindergartens located in Taipei. We reported the mean ± SD, median, mode and percentile distributions of body height, body weight and BMI. The percentage of overweight and obese by WLI was compared to criteria using the 85th percentile and 95th percentile for BMI. The cut-off points for overweight using BMI over the 85th percentile for boys were 17.80, 18.00, 18.58, 18.71; and for girls 17.84, 17.91, 18.08, 17.86. The 95th percentile for obese boys were 19.13, 20.18, 20.88, 21.28; and for girls 18.78, 18.78, 20.46, 19.58. The sample prevalence for overweight children (1.2 ＞ WLI ≧ 1.1) was 16.08% and for obesity (WLI ≧ 1.2) 5.14%. Compared to the National Nutrition Survey in 1986, preschool children increased in height by 1.0-4.3% and weight by 13-21% in this analysis.

關鍵字

學齡前兒童 ； 台北市 ； 身體質量指數 ； 重高指數

並列摘要

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the body height and weight of preschool children, aged from 36 to 83 months old, in Taipei City. Parameters including height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and weight-for-length index (WLI) of the subjects were analyzed from two cross-sectional samples from February 1997 to May 2000. A total of 2,102 children were recruited from kindergartens located in Taipei. We reported the mean ± SD, median, mode and percentile distributions of body height, body weight and BMI. The percentage of overweight and obese by WLI was compared to criteria using the 85th percentile and 95th percentile for BMI. The cut-off points for overweight using BMI over the 85th percentile for boys were 17.80, 18.00, 18.58, 18.71; and for girls 17.84, 17.91, 18.08, 17.86. The 95th percentile for obese boys were 19.13, 20.18, 20.88, 21.28; and for girls 18.78, 18.78, 20.46, 19.58. The sample prevalence for overweight children (1.2 ＞ WLI ≧ 1.1) was 16.08% and for obesity (WLI ≧ 1.2) 5.14%. Compared to the National Nutrition Survey in 1986, preschool children increased in height by 1.0-4.3% and weight by 13-21% in this analysis.

並列關鍵字

preschool children ； Taipei ； body mass index(BMI) ； weight-for-length index(WLI)