Novotny, Rachel; Fialkowski, Marie Kainoa; Li, Fenfang; Paulino, Yvette; Vargo, Donald; Jim, Rally; Coleman, Patricia; Bersamin, Andrea; Nigg, Claudio R.; Leon Guerrero, Rachael T.; Deenik, Jonathan; Kim, Jang Ho; Wilkens, Lynne R. (2015). Systematic Review of Prevalence of Young Child Overweight and Obesity in the United States–Affiliated Pacific Region Compared With the 48 Contiguous States: The Children’s Healthy Living Program. American Journal of Public Health, 105(1), e22-e35. American Public Health Association 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302283
Full text not available from this repository.We estimated overweight and obesity (OWOB) prevalence of children in US-Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions (USAP) of the Children's Healthy Living Program compared with the contiguous United States. We searched peer-reviewed literature and government reports (January 2001-April 2014) for OWOB prevalence of children aged 2 to 8 years in the USAP and found 24 sources. We used 3 articles from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys for comparison. Mixed models regressed OWOB prevalence on an age polynomial to compare trends (n = 246 data points). In the USAP, OWOB prevalence estimates increased with age, from 21% at age 2 years to 39% at age 8 years, increasing markedly at age 5 years; the proportion obese increased from 10% at age 2 years to 23% at age 8 years. The highest prevalence was in American Samoa and Guam.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
|---|---|
Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Sport Science (ISPW) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Nigg, Claudio Renato |
Subjects: |
700 Arts > 790 Sports, games & entertainment |
ISSN: |
0090-0036 |
Publisher: |
American Public Health Association |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Claudio Renato Nigg |
Date Deposited: |
06 Mar 2024 14:37 |
Last Modified: |
01 Jul 2024 16:13 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.2105/AJPH.2014.302283 |
PubMed ID: |
25393168 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/193314 |
Actions (login required)
 |
Edit item |