WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative: Impact of Type of Clothing Worn during Anthropometric Measurements and Timing of the Survey on Weight and Body Mass Index Outcome Measures in 6–9-Year-Old Children
Table 1
Proportion (%) of children aged 6–9 years wearing different types of clothing during their weight and height measurements by COSI round and country.
Round and country
Targeted age group (years)
Sample size ()
Clothes worn when weight and height were measured (%)
Underwear only
Gym clothes
Light clothing
Heavy clothing
Other
Round 1
Belgium
6, 7, 8, 9
126 078
ND
100
ND
ND
ND
Bulgaria
7
2511
17.68
26.96
50.34
5.02
0
Czech Republic
7
915
99.23
0.11
0.66
0
0
Ireland
7
2383
0
3.73
93.24
3.02
0
Italy
8, 9
7997
0.13
0.54
38.50
60.84
0
Latvia
7
3251
20.79
10.77
49.65
18.79
0
Lithuania
7
3309
6.44
18.98
53.37
21.21
0
Malta
6
2115
ND
ND
100
ND
ND
Norway
8
2834
0
ND
53.92
37.93
8.15
Portugal
7
1815
84.24
7.11
6.83
1.27
0.55
Slovenia
6, 7, 8
11 940
ND
100
ND
ND
ND
Sweden
7, 8
3716
5.54
83.88
7.75
1.53
1.29
Round 2
Belgium
6, 7, 8, 9
133 156
ND
100
ND
ND
ND
Czech Republic
7
1271
97.72
0.24
1.81
0.24
0
Greece
7, 9
5269
0.15
75.59
18.03
6.23
0
Hungary
7
1235
34.74
14.01
44.45
6.80
0
Ireland
7, 9
1986
0
1.41
93.81
4.78
0
Italy
8, 9
41 672
0.15
1.08
39.96
58.81
0
Latvia
7
2838
21.39
15.61
52.64
8.14
2.22
Lithuania
7, 9
6721
35.35
10.73
50.96
2.96
0
Norway
8
2621
0
ND
64.82
30.60
4.58
Portugal
7
1813
68.95
3.81
22.12
3.25
1.88
Slovenia
6, 7, 8, 9
15 938
ND
100
ND
ND
ND
Spain
6, 7, 8, 9
7656
ND
ND
100
ND
ND
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
7
2744
ND
ND
100
ND
ND
COSI: Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative; ND: not determined because the country did not use this type of clothing in the questionnaire to describe the clothes worn by the child when anthropometric measures were taken. Only children whose age fell within the country-specific targeted age group(s) were included. This answer option was selected when an examiner found it difficult to choose one of the other four predefined answer options for the clothes worn by a child.
