Ethnic differences in extreme obesity.
A nationwide representative survey of New Zealand schoolchildren showed a 2.7% incidence of extreme obesity (versus 4% in the United States) but revealed worrying ethnic differences in prevalence. Prevalence percentages (95% CI) were 0.8 (0.4 to 1.9), 5.1 (3.6 to 7.1), and 10.9 (8.9 to 13.3) in New Zealand European, Māori, and Pacific Island groups, respectively. These findings warrant remedial action.
Goulding
Ailsa
A
Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Otago, Great King Street, PO Box 913, Dunedin, 9054 New Zealand. ailsa.goulding@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Grant
Andrea M
AM
Taylor
Rachael W
RW
Williams
Sheila M
SM
Parnell
Winsome R
WR
Wilson
Noela
N
Mann
Jim
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012923:Social Class