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Changes in adiposity among children and adolescents in the United States, 1999–2006 to 2011–2018
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7 22 2021
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Source: Am J Clin Nutr. 114(4):1495-1504
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Alternative Title:Am J Clin Nutr
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Description:Background:
Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) indicate that body mass index (BMI) has increased in some subgroups of children and adolescents in the United States (U.S.) over the past 20 years; however, BMI is an indirect measure of body fatness.
Objective:
We assessed changes in dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA)-derived measures of adiposity in a nationally representative population of U.S. children and adolescents aged 8 to 19 years from 1999–2006 to 2011–2018.
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Using data from NHANES, we compared the means and distributions of DXA-derived percentage body fat (%BF) and fat mass index (FMI; fat mass/height2 in kg/m2) between 1999–2006 (n = 10,231) and 2011–2018 (n = 6,923) among males and females by age group, race and Hispanic origin, and BMI categories. Estimates were standardized by age and race and Hispanic origin.
Results:
From 1999–2006 to 2011–2018, mean %BF increased from 25.6 to 26.3% (change in %BF: 0.7%; 95% CI: 0.2, 1.2%; P < 0.01) among all males while mean %BF increased from 33.0 to 33.7% (change in %BF: 0.7%; 95% CI: 0.2, 1.2%; P = 0.01) and mean FMI increased from 7.7 to 8.0 fat mass kg/m2 (change in FMI: 0.3 fat mass kg/m2; 95% CI: 0.0, 0.6 fat mass kg/m2; P = 0.02) among all females. Changes were not consistent across all age, race and Hispanic origin, and BMI categories. Both %BF and FMI increased among Mexican American children and adolescents, but not other race and Hispanic origin groups.
Conclusions:
Among U.S. children and adolescents, DXA-derived measures of adiposity increased from 1999–2006 to 2011–2018, albeit not consistently in every age, race and Hispanic origin, and BMI subgroup. These data reinforce the need to consider other measures, besides BMI categories, when studying adiposity in children and adolescents.
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Pubmed ID:34291279
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8645193
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