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G184 HOW CAN WE RELIABLY MONITOR THIS EPIDEMIC OF OBESITY? DEVELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY
M. C. J. Rudolf¹, R. G. Feltbower¹, R. Levine², A. Connor², M. Robinson².¹Leeds University, Leeds, UK; ²East Leeds PCT, Leeds, UK

Background: Government targets have been set to halt the rise in childhood obesity by the year 2010, but no systems are in place to measure if this is achieved. School monitoring, apart from at school entry, has been discontinued, and routine data are often inaccurate, reported incompletely, or entered erroneously.

Aims: To develop a feasible and cost effective methodology to monitor levels of obesity in school children.

Methods: Ten primary (five inner city, five suburban) and three high schools were selected. Ethics approval was obtained for "opt out" consent. Children in reception, year 4, and year 8 were measured. Data were converted to SD scores and analysed by age, socioeconomic status, and ethnicity. Percentage of obese (BMI >98^thcentile) and overweight (BMI >91^st. . . [Full text of this article]