Prevalence of High Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents at a US Military Treatment Facility, 2008–2009 | Zendy

Y. Sammy Choi | Zendy; Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán | Zendy; Rachel Stratman | Zendy; Jill H. Fleming | Zendy

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Prevalence of High Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents at a US Military Treatment Facility, 2008–2009

Author(s) -

Y. Sammy Choi,

Cristóbal S. Berry-Cabán,

Rachel Stratman,

Jill H. Fleming

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

preventing chronic disease

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 1545-1151

DOI - 10.5888/pcd9.120051

Subject(s) - medicine , body mass index , overweight , cohort , demography , cohort study , obesity , pediatrics , environmental health , gerontology , sociology

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.

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