title: Overweight and obesity among White, Black, and Mexican American children: implications for when to intervene.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study sought to determine if race/ethnicity, age, gender, and poverty index influence the development of overweight (OW) or obesity (OB) in children 6-11 years of age and whether a desirable time to intervene could be established.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive and comparative analysis was conducted using data from the 1999-2008 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Advancing age was the single largest predictor of OW or OB followed by race/ethnicity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Culturally sensitive interventions targeting children in their early elementary school years could reduce the consequences of OW and OB in childhood.
authors.affiliation: Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia, USA. jlong@kennesaw.edu
authors.forename: Janice M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: Nicole
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mareno
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shabo
authors.forename: Astrid H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D040361:Healthy People Programs; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000208:ethnology; D050177:Overweight / Q000208:ethnology*; D015995:Prevalence; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*