title: Prevalence of high body mass index among children and adolescents at a US military treatment facility, 2008-2009.
abstract: We assessed the prevalence of high body mass index (BMI) in a large cohort of military children. We compared BMI data from electronic medical records of military children aged 2 to 18 years with BMI data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The 23,778 military children studied were significantly less likely than the NHANES children to be overweight (27.1% vs 31.8%) or obese (11.9% vs 16.9%). Even though military parents are required to maintain fitness and weight standards, the absolute difference between military and civilian children was small.
authors.affiliation: Womack Army Medical Center Stop A, 2817 Reilly Rd, Fort Bragg, NC 28310-7301, USA. young.s.choi@us.army.mil
authors.forename: Y Sammy
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Cristobal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Berry-Caban
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stratman
authors.forename: Jill H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D058749:Military Facilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D008889:Military Personnel; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence