title: Overweight among Kauai first-graders.
abstract: This 2003 study examined pre-school physical exam data on student health records of Kauai public school first-graders and found that 14.5% were at risk for overweight (between > or =85th and 94th percentile BMI-for-age), and 21.5% were overweight (>95 percentile BMI-for-age). The prevalence of overweight among Kauai students was twice that reported nationally for the same age group.
authors.affiliation: Hawaii Department of Health, Family Health Services Division, Kauai District Health Office, Lihue, HI 96766, USA.
authors.forename: Sally Jo
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Manea
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight