"Population Activities in the Field of Prevention, Early Identification and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Gdansk Children and Youth Population"

"6-10-14 for Health" is an integrated weight-loss intervention programme for obese children from Gdansk municipality. Both participants of the programme and their family members are offered a 12-month integrated intervention, including medical, dietetic and psychological counselling, as well as educational workshops for parents.

The programme, financed by the municipality of Gdansk, is devided in three phases:

1. Screening - all children aged 6, 9-11, 14 years of age from the City of Gdansk are being screened yearly. All children attending primary and grammar schools in Gdansk are subjected to a screening. The population size is between 9.000-10.000 children yearly.

All children have anthropometric measurements (body mass, body height, waist circumference), blood pressure, cardiorespiratory fitness.

Anthropometry: Body weight and body height are determined with a digital scale (Mensor WE150, Poland), with the child wearing an underwear and standing barefoot. Body height is measured to the nearest 0.001 m, and body weight to the nearest 0.1 kg. The scale is calibrated every day. Waist and hip circumferences are measured on a horizontal plane by an Ergonomic Circumference Measuring Tape (model 201; Seca GmbH & Co, KG, Hamburg, Germany).