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Prevalence of young child overweight and obesity in the U.S.‐affiliated Pacific region: a meta analysis from the Children's Healthy Living Program (621.6)
Author(s) -
Novotny Rachel,
Fialkowski Marie,
Li Fenfang,
Vargo Donald,
Paulino Yvette,
Coleman Patricia,
Bersamin Andrea,
Nigg Claudio,
Leslie Jodi,
Leon Guerrero Rachael,
Deenik Jonathan,
Kim Jang,
Wilkens Lynne
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.621.6
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , demography , pediatrics , gerontology , family medicine , sociology
A meta‐analysis of published literature and publicly available agency reports was conducted to estimate overweight and obesity prevalence of 2‐8 year (y) old US Affiliated Pacific (USAP) Region (USAP Islands, Hawai`i and Alaska) children. Contiguous US data served as reference. The search was limited to resources in English and 2‐8y on USAP children data from 2000 and newer and used CDC 2010 overweight and obesity reference data. USAP region sources (n=23) and NHANES articles (n=3; the contiguous U.S reference) were included. Data were disaggregated into single years of age. The children measured for the age group were divided equally and the prevalence was assigned to each individual age. A mixed model regressed the prevalence on a polynomial in age, accounting for the prevalence variance and another model compared jurisdictions. Overweight and obesity increased from 21.0% at 2y, to 39.2% at 8y (p<0.0001) for the USAP. In comparison, combined overweight and obesity increased from 24.2% at 2y to 34.8% at 8y (p<.0001) for NHANES. USAP data showed with a sharp increase in prevalence at 5y. Obesity alone increased from 10.2% at 2y, doubling to 23.6% at 8y (p<0.0001) whereas overweight prevalence was stable from 2y (12.6%) to 8y (14.6%). Jurisdiction differences were dramatic. Further examination of USAP young child obesity is needed. Grant Funding Source : Supported by USDA Grant 2011‐68001‐30335