Methodology and implementation of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI)
Breda J. McColl K. Buoncristiano M. Williams J. Abdrakhmanova S. Abdurrahmonova Z. Ahrens W. Akhmedova D. Bakacs M. Boer J.M.A. Boymatova K. Brinduse L.A. Cucu A. Duleva V. Endevelt R. SantAngelo V.F. Fijałkowska A. Hadžiomeragić A.F. García-Solano M. Grøholt E.K. Gualtieri A. Hassapidou M. Hejgaard T. Hyska J. Kelleher C.C. Kujundžić E. Mäki P. Markidou Ioannidou E. Melkumova M. Moyersoen I. Milanović S.M. Nurk E. Ostojic S.M. Peterkova V. Petrauskienė A. Pudule I. Rito A.I. Russell Jonsson K. Rutter H. Salanave B. Seyidov N. Shengelia L. Silitrari N. Spinelli A. Spiroski I. Starc G. Stojisavljević D. Tanrygulyyeva M. Tichá Ľ. Usupova Z. Weghuber D. Yardim N. Zamrazilová H. Zbanatskyi V. Branca F. Weber M. Rakovac I.
November 2021John Wiley and Sons Inc
Obesity Reviews
2021#22Issue S6
Establishment of the WHO European Childhood Obesity Surveillance Initiative (COSI) has resulted in a surveillance system which provides regular, reliable, timely, and accurate data on childrens weight status—through standardized measurement of bodyweight and height—in the WHO European Region. Additional data on dietary intake, physical activity, sedentary behavior, family background, and school environments are collected in several countries. In total, 45 countries in the European Region have participated in COSI. The first five data collection rounds, between 2007 and 2021, yielded measured anthropometric data on over 1.3 million children. In COSI, data are collected according to a common protocol, using standardized instruments and procedures. The systematic collection and analysis of these data enables intercountry comparisons and reveals differences in the prevalence of childhood thinness, overweight, normal weight, and obesity between and within populations. Furthermore, it facilitates investigation of the relationship between overweight, obesity, and potential risk or protective factors and improves the understanding of the development of overweight and obesity in European primary-school children in order to support appropriate and effective policy responses.
children , methodology , obesity , surveillance
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World Health Organization (WHO) European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, Division of Country Health Programmes, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Moscow, Russian Federation
Department of Science and Professional Development, National Center of Public Health of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan School of Public Health, Kazakhstans Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Republican Centre for Nutrition, Ministry of Health and Social Protection of Population, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS, Bremen, Germany
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Republic Specialized Scientific Practical Medical Centre for Pediatrics, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology, National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition, Budapest, Hungary
Centre for Nutrition, Prevention and Health Services, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands
Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course, WHO Country Office, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
National Centre of Health Promotion and Health Evaluation, National Institute of Public Health, Bucharest, Romania
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Public Health and Management, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing, Discipline of Public health and Health management, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Carol Davila Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania
Department Food and Nutrition, National Centre of Public Health and Analyses, Sofia, Bulgaria
University of Haifa School of Public Health, Israel
Ministry of Health, Israel
Primary Child Health Unit, Primary Health Care, Floriana, Malta
Department of Cardiology, Institute of Mother and Child, Warsaw, Poland
Department of Hygiene, Health Ecology Service, Institute of Public Health of Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Madrid, Spain
Department of Health and Inequality, Division of Mental and Physical Health, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway
Health Authority, Ministry of Health, San Marino, San Marino
Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics, International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece
Health Promotion and Inequality, Danish Health Authority, Copenhagen, Denmark
Nutrition and Food Safety Sector, Institute of Public Health, Tirana, Albania
College of Health and Agricultural Sciences, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Center for Health Ecology, Institute of Public Health of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
Department of Medical and Public Health Services, Ministry of Health, Nicosia, Cyprus
Institute of Child and Adolescent Health, Arabkir Medical Centre, Yerevan, Armenia
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciensano, Brussels, Belgium
Croatian Institute of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia
School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Department of Nutrition Research, National Institute for Health Development, Tallinn, Estonia
Biomedical Sciences Department, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
Institute of Paediatric Endocrinology, National Medical Research Centre for Endocrinology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russian Federation
Department of Preventive Medicine, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
Department of Research and Health Statistics, Centre for Disease and Prevention Control, Riga, Latvia
WHO/Europe Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Childhood Obesity - Food and Nutrition Department, National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge, Lisbon, Portugal
Department of Living Conditions and Lifestyle, Public Health Agency of Sweden, Solna, Sweden
Department of Social and Policy Sciences, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom
Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Traumatisms, Santé publique France, the French Public Health Agency, Saint Maurice, France
Nutritional Surveillance and Epidemiology Team (ESEN), University Sorbonne Paris Nord, Bobigny, France
Department of Healthy Policy and Planning, Public Health and Reforms Center of Ministry of Health, Baku, Azerbaijan
Maternal, Child and Reproductive Health, National Center for Disease Control and Public Health of Georgia, Tbilisi, Georgia
National Agency for Public Health, Chișinău, Moldova
National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Italian National Institute of Health (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), Rome, Italy
Institute of Public Health, Skopje, North Macedonia
Faculty of Medicine, SS. Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North Macedonia
Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Faculty of Medicine, University of Banja Luka, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Public Health Institute of Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Internal Diseases Department, Scientific Clinical Centre of Mother and Child Health, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Childrens Hospital National Institute of Childrens Diseases, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Republican Center for Health Promotion and Mass Communication, Ministry of Health of the Kyrgyz Republic, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria
Public Health General Directorate, Ministry of Health of Turkey, Ankara, Turkey
Obesity Management Centre, Institute of Endocrinology, Prague, Czech Republic
Public Health Center, Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
Department of Nutrition and Food Safety, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
World Health Organization (WHO) Child and Adolescent Health and Development, WHO Regional Office for Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark
World Health Organization (WHO) European Office for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases
Department of Science and Professional Development
Kazakhstan School of Public Health
Republican Centre for Nutrition
Leibniz Institute for Prevention Research and Epidemiology - BIPS
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Republic Specialized Scientific Practical Medical Centre for Pediatrics
Department of Nutrition and Epidemiology
Centre for Nutrition
Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Promoting Health through the Life-course
National Centre of Health Promotion and Health Evaluation
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Midwifery and Nursing
Department Food and Nutrition
University of Haifa School of Public Health
Ministry of Health
Primary Child Health Unit
Department of Cardiology
Department of Hygiene
Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition
Department of Health and Inequality
Health Authority
Department of Nutritional Sciences and Dietetics
Health Promotion and Inequality
Nutrition and Food Safety Sector
College of Health and Agricultural Sciences
Center for Health Ecology
Public Health and Welfare
Department of Medical and Public Health Services
Institute of Child and Adolescent Health
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health Sciensano
Croatian Institute of Public Health
School of Medicine
Department of Nutrition Research
Biomedical Sciences Department
Institute of Paediatric Endocrinology
Department of Preventive Medicine
Department of Research and Health Statistics
WHO/Europe Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Childhood Obesity - Food and Nutrition Department
Department of Living Conditions and Lifestyle
Department of Social and Policy Sciences
Department of Non-Communicable Diseases and Traumatisms
Nutritional Surveillance and Epidemiology Team (ESEN)
Department of Healthy Policy and Planning
Maternal
National Agency for Public Health
National Centre for Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Institute of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Sport
Faculty of Medicine
Public Health Institute of Republic of Srpska
Internal Diseases Department
Childrens Hospital National Institute of Childrens Diseases
Republican Center for Health Promotion and Mass Communication
Department of Pediatrics
Public Health General Directorate
Obesity Management Centre
Public Health Center
Department of Nutrition and Food Safety
World Health Organization (WHO) Child and Adolescent Health and Development
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