title: Severe obesity and selected risk factors in a sixth grade multiracial cohort: the HEALTHY study.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to document the prevalence of severe obesity and associated risk in the HEALTHY cohort. A total of 6,365 students were assessed at school-based screenings. Results showed that 6.9% of students were severely obese. Severe obesity was associated with elevated cardiometabolic risk and race/ethnicity. Severe obesity is common and requires preventive intervention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. marcusmd@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Marsha D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Baranowski
authors.forename: Lynn L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: DeBar
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Edelstein
authors.forename: Francine R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Siega-Riz
authors.forename: Myrlene A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Staten
authors.forename: Amy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Virus
authors.forename: Zenong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000208:ethnology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data