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Open Journal of Pediatrics, 2012, 2, 47-52 OJPed /10.4236/ojped.2012.21007 Published Online March 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojped/) Central body fat distribution indices in Thai preschool * children 1 2 1 3 Uruwan Yamborisut , Naoko Sakamoto , Piyanuch Visetchart , Kraisid Tontisirin 1Human Nutrition Division, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand 2National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan 3Senior Nutrition Consultant, Institute of Nutrition, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand Email: nuuyb@mahidol.ac.th Received 30 September 2011; revised 10 January 2012; accepted 30 January 2012 ABSTRACT Keywords: Central Body Fat Distribution; Thai; Preschool Children; Waist Circumference; Subcutaneous Background: Central obesity is associated with ad- Skinfold verse health outcomes. This study aimed to determine the characteristics of central body fat distribution in Thai preschool children and to examine factors that 1. INTRODUCTION could influence on body fat distribution of children. The prevalence of childhood obesity has strikingly in- Methods: The total 811, 5 - 6 years old children were creased in many countries during the past decades [1,2]. randomly sampled from 9 primary schools in Saraburi Tracking of obesity in children is generally performed province. Body weight and height were measured in using body mass index (BMI). However, the limitation o