Secular trends of obesity in early life: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
Secular changes in height and weight measurements were examined in five- to 14-year-olds from 1973 to 1984. The age-sex specific 85th percentile was used to classify persons as overweight (based on ponderal index; kg/m3). Secular increases in weight (2.5 kg), and ponderosity (0.5-0.7 kg/m3) were found. Gains in ponderosity over the 11-year period were greater at the 75th percentile than at the 25th percentile, and the prevalence of overweight increased from 15 per cent to 24 per cent.
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Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112-2822.
Freedman
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Burke
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Harsha
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Webber
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Berenson
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D000367:Age Factors; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007899:Leisure Activities; D008145:Louisiana; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D044469:Racial Groups; D012737:Sex Factors