title: Childhood obesity: epidemiology, comorbid conditions, psychological ramifications, and clinical recommendations.
abstract: The prevalence of childhood obesity in the United States has increased dramatically in recent years, doubling in the last 20 years, and is expected to result in a major public health crisis. This epidemic has left no race, socioeconomic status, or age unaffected. Children in Oklahoma are no exception; according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 25% of Oklahoma's adolescents are at risk for overweight or are overweight. In order to address this problem, efforts are underway nationally to institute preventive measures for childhood obesity and its comorbid conditions.
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma College of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Oklahoma City, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cash
authors.forename: Piers R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Blackett
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Preske
authors.forename: Steven A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Sternlof
authors.forename: Kenneth C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Copeland
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000191:economics / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States