title: Baby fat is cute, but chubby kids may be in danger.
abstract: An increasing percent of children are overweight. A review of the prevalence of overweight children in different demographic groups is provided in an effort to alert dentists to the role they could play in preventing medical complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Dentistry, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8706, USA.
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Waldman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000367:Age Factors; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D004038:Diet, Reducing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000209:etiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data