Overweight and obese (6-9 years old)

Source: WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) The WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) was set up as a response to the European Ministerial Conference on Counteracting Obesity. Member States recognized the need for harmonized surveillance systems, providing measured and comparable data on rates of overweight/obesity among primary-school children. Such data is essential to inform policy development within the European Region, indicate trends and provide an insight into the impact of action taken. COSI was a response to this need. The importance of, and political commitment to, such surveillance mechanisms has been reinforced in the Vienna Declaration on Nutrition and Noncommunicable Diseases in the Context of Health 2020 and the European Food and Nutrition Action Plan 2015-2020. Data collected from Childhood Obesity Surveillance Data. Prevalence estimates are based on the 2007 WHO recommended growth reference for school-age children and adolescents (de Onis M, Onyango AW, Borghi E, Siyam A, Nishida C, Siekmann J. Development of a WHO growth reference for school-aged children and adolescents. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2007; 85(9): 660-667). Round 2 (2007/2008) and Round 3 (2009/2010) survey results are presented from COSI. Children with a BMI/A Z-score < -5 or > +5 are excluded. For further information on COSI please refer to: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/nutrition/activities/monitoring-and-surveillance/who-european-childhood-obesity-surveillance-initiative-cosi For further information on COSI please refer to: http://www.euro.who.int/en/health-topics/disease-prevention/nutrition/activities/monitoring-and-surveillance/who-european-childhood-obesity-surveillance-initiative-cosi