title: The prevalence of overweight in participants in high school extramural sports.
abstract: This study examines the body mass index (BMI) percentiles for age of 3970 male high school athletes. Overall, boys participating in sports had BMI percentiles similar to the general population. However, the prevalence of overweight in boys playing certain sports, particularly football, but also wrestling and crew, was higher than the general population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, USA. nchoate@usuhs.mil
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Choate
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Forster
authors.forename: Jon
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almquist
authors.forename: Cara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Merrily
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D013177:Sports / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014768:Virginia / Q000453:epidemiology