Evaluating growth references used in Switzerland: a comparative analysis in Zurich schoolchildren
Our findings suggest that anthropometric data of schoolchildren in Zurich (LUIS) differ notably from WHO and IOTF references potentially leading to misclassification of overweight, obesity and short stature. Thus it would be timely to develop new nationally representative growth references for Switzerland.
Authors
- Oskar G. Jenni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4561-6277)
- Ben D. Spycher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1430-5695)
- Claudia E. Kuehni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8957-2002)
- Philipp Latzin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5239-1571)
- Fabiën N. Belle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0037-4817)
- Rebeca Mozún (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5237-8668)
- Maria Christina Mallet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3633-8017)
- Alexander Mœller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7284-4251)
- Christoph Saner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-0341)
- Lorenz Leuenberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2548-9808)
Institutions
- University of Bern (CH)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- University Hospital of Bern (CH)
- University Children's Hospital Zurich (CH)
- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Swiss Medical Weekly
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.57187/s.3834
- Primary Topic
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Lunge Zürich