Defining overweight and obesity in pre-school children: IOTF reference or WHO standard?

Summary Two international datasets are used to define overweight and obesity in pre‐school children: the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) reference and the WHO standard. This study compares the performance of the two datasets in defining overweight and obesity in 24–60 months old children. This was done by plotting the IOTF cut‐offs against WHO curves and by comparing the prevalence of overweight and obesity, as defined by the IOTF...