Overweight and obesity in Mississippi: a growing problem.
The difficulties, complexities, hazards, and failures of treatment for overweight and obesity argue strongly for an approach that prevents excessive weight gain. The prevalence and trends data support a preventive approach beginning in childhood and adolescence but also targeting college-age students and young adults: the prevalence of overweight is already high (30%) in adolescents prevalence rates increase markedly in the college years (compare the rates in the 18-24 and 25-34 year old age groups with the rates in the older age groups) the greatest average increase in prevalence rates over the period 1990-99 has been in the 18-24 and 25-34 year old age groups (data not shown).
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Office of Community Health Services, Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson 39216, USA. apenman@msdh.state.ms.us
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008922:Mississippi / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D015996:Survival Rate