title: Secular trends of obesity in early life: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans 70112-2822.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Shear
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Burke
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Harsha
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Webber
authors.forename: G S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Berenson
mesh_terms: 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