Childhood Obesity: A New Pandemic of the New Millennium

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study (NGHS) examined a biracial cohort for biological, behavioral, psychosocial, and sociologic correlates of obesity development during adolescence. The longitudinal data showed that pubertal maturation was associated with a significa...

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Published in:Pediatrics (Evanston) 2002-11, Vol.110 (5), p.1003-1007
Main Authors: Kimm, Sue Y.S, Obarzanek, Eva
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Age Factors
Analysis
Biological and medical sciences
Body Mass Index
Body Weight
Care and treatment
Child
Child, Preschool
Childhood obesity
Children & youth
Demographic aspects
Disease Outbreaks - statistics & numerical data
Female
Girls
Health aspects
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Metabolic diseases
Obesity
Obesity - diagnosis
Obesity - epidemiology
Obesity in children
Pediatrics
Prevalence
Prevalence studies (Epidemiology)
Puberty
Race
Sex Factors
Socioeconomic Factors
Teenage girls
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Growth and Health Study (NGHS) examined a biracial cohort for biological, behavioral, psychosocial, and sociologic correlates of obesity development during adolescence. The longitudinal data showed that pubertal maturation was associated with a significant gain in adiposity for both whites and blacks with the largest increases occurring at the initiation of pubertal maturation and at menarche.
ISSN:0031-4005
1098-4275
DOI:10.1542/peds.110.5.1003