ArticleAnnals of epidemiology2017
Entrenched obesity in childhood: findings from a national cohort study.
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- Obesity Incidence in U.S. Children and Young Adults: A Pooled Analysis.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
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- Profiles of Behavioral Self-Regulation and Appetitive Traits in Preschool Children: Associations With BMI and Food Parenting Practices.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Individual trajectories of asthma, obesity and ADHD during the transition from childhood and adolescence to young adulthood.Journal of health monitoring · 2021Article
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Abstract
purposeGiven the high levels of obesity among U.S. children, we examine whether obesity in childhood is a passing phenomenon or remains entrenched into adolescence.
methodsData are from the prospective nationally representative Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Kindergarten Class of 1998-1999 (analytic sample = 6600). Anthropometrics were measured six times during 1998-2007. Overweight and obesity were defined using CDC cut-points. Entrenched obesity was defined as obesity between ages 5-9 coupled with persistent obesity at ages 11 and 14.
resultsAlmost 30% of children experienced obesity at some point between ages 5.6 and 14.1 years; 63% of children who ever had obesity between ages 5.6 and 9.1 and 72% of those who had obesity at kindergarten entry experienced entrenched obesity. Children with severe obesity in kindergarten or who had obesity at more than 1 year during early elementary were very likely to experience obesity through age 14, regardless of their sex, race, or socioeconomic backgrounds.
conclusionsPrevention should focus on early childhood, as obesity at school entry is not often a passing phenomenon. Even one timepoint of obesity measured during the early elementary school years may be an indicator of risk for long-term obesity.
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