Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Preschool Children from Six Cities of Northeast China

This study was carried out to assess and investigate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among preschool-age children living in northeast China using the World Health Organization (WHO), International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standard criteria and to explore the differences in estimates by using the three reference standards.We used data from 8,653 preschool children with an average age...