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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Personal Author:
Robbins, Jessica M. ; Mallya, Giridhar ; Polansky, Marcia ; Schwarz, Donald F.
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Introduction

Epidemic increases in obesity negatively affect the health of US children, individually and at the population level. Although surveillance of childhood obesity at the local level is challenging, height and weight data routinely collected by school districts are valuable and often underused public health resources.

Methods

We analyzed data from the School District of Philadelphia for 4 school years (2006–2007 through 2009–2010) to assess the prevalence of and trends in obesity and severe obesity among public school children.

Results

The prevalence of obesity decreased from 21.5% in 2006–2007 to 20.5% in 2009–2010, and the prevalence of severe obesity decreased from 8.5% to 7.9%. Both obesity and severe obesity were more common among students in grades 6 through 8 than among children in lower grades or among high school students. Hispanic boys and African American girls had the highest prevalence of obesity and severe obesity; Asian girls had much lower rates of obesity and severe obesity than any other group. Although obesity and severe obesity declined during the 4-year period in almost all demographic groups, the decreases were generally smaller in the groups with the highest prevalence, including high school students, Hispanic males, and African American females.

Conclusion

Although these data suggest that the epidemic of childhood obesity may have begun to recede in Philadelphia, unacceptably high rates of obesity and severe obesity continue to threaten the health and futures of many school children.


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Adolescent Age Distribution Body Mass Index Child Child, Preschool Cost Of Illness Female Financing, Government Food Services Healthcare Disparities Health Surveys Humans Male Multivariate Analysis Nutrition Surveys Obesity Original Research Population Surveillance Prevalence Schools Sex Distribution Socioeconomic Factors Students Young Adult
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 9.
Pubmed ID:
22954057
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3475532
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
3U58DP002626-01S1/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
Place as Subject:
Philadelphia, PA
Location:
North America
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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