Adriëtte Oostvogels

8 201 Growth patterns to overweight gram using a Marsden weighing scale (model MS-4102). 32 Children were divided in normal weight and overweight/obese, by sex- and age specific BMI cut-off points defined by the International Obesity Task Force. 33 Ethnic origin Ethnic origin of the child was based on the country of birth of the mother and her mother, reported in the pregnancy questionnaire, to include first and second generation. 17 The children were divided in two groups: European origin (European countries, USA, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) and other. Figure 1. Flowchart of the study population.