Prevalence of High Body Mass Index in US Children and Adolescents, 2007-2008

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Authors

Cynthia L. Ogden · Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Abstract

No statistically significant linear trends in high weight for recumbent length or high BMI were found over the time periods 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2003-2004, 2005-2006, and 2007-2008 among girls and boys except among the very heaviest 6- through 19-year-old boys.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Birth, Development, and Health Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 303, Issue 3, pp. 242-242

DOI: 10.1001/jama.2009.2012

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