Secular trends of obesity in early life: the Bogalusa Heart Study. | Zendy

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Secular trends of obesity in early life: the Bogalusa Heart Study.

Author(s) -

Charles L. Shear,

David S. Freedman,

Gregory L. Burke,

D W Harsha,

Larry S. Webber,

G. S. Berenson

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.78.1.75

Subject(s) - secular variation , percentile , overweight , obesity , medicine , demography , body mass index , gerontology , pediatrics , endocrinology , statistics , mathematics , sociology

Secular changes in height and weight measurements were examined in five- to 14-year-olds from 1973 to 1984. The age-sex specific 85th percentile was used to classify persons as overweight (based on ponderal index; kg/m3). Secular increases in weight (2.5 kg), and ponderosity (0.5-0.7 kg/m3) were found. Gains in ponderosity over the 11-year period were greater at the 75th percentile than at the 25th percentile, and the prevalence of overweight increased from 15 per cent to 24 per cent.

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