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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cunningham, Solveig A
• Kramer, Michael R
• Narayan, K.M. Venkat

Titel

Incidence of Childhood Obesity in the United States

Ist Teil von

• The New England journal of medicine, 2014-01, Vol.370 (5), p.403-411

Ort / Verlag

Waltham, MA: Massachusetts Medical Society

Erscheinungsjahr

2014

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• According to this report, nearly half of children who became obese between the ages of 5 and 14 years had been overweight and 75% had been above the 70th percentile for BMI at the start of kindergarten. Focusing on early childhood obesity may be important in stemming the epidemic. Childhood obesity is a major health problem in the United States. 1 The prevalence of a body-mass index (BMI; the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters) at the 95th percentile or higher among children between the ages of 6 and 11 years increased from 4.2% in 1963–1965 to 15.3% in 1999–2000 2 , 3 and may have plateaued during the first decade of the 21st century. 4 , 5 Although trends in the prevalence of obesity are documented, surprisingly little is known about the incidence of childhood obesity. Examining incidence may provide insights into the nature of the epidemic, . . .