Prevalence of High Body Mass Index Among Children and Adolescents at a US Military Treatment Facility, 2008–2009

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Choi, Y. Sammy ; Berry-Caban, Cristobal ; Stratman, Rachel ; Fleming, Jill H.
• Description:
  We assessed the prevalence of high body mass index (BMI) in a large cohort of military children. We compared BMI data from electronic medical records of military children aged 2 to 18 years with BMI data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The 23,778 military children studied were significantly less likely than the NHANES children to be overweight (27.1% vs 31.8%) or obese (11.9% vs 16.9%). Even though military parents are required to maintain fitness and weight standards, the absolute difference between military and civilian children was small.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Body Mass Index Child Child, Preschool Databases, Factual Female Humans Male Military Facilities Military Personnel Nutrition Surveys Obesity Overweight Prevalence

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 9.
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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  urn:sha-512:1a3b864e2a74881f900e3391c52ce76931a718df96e45435431413a8abc829d47340eb0d240b733601a0621c8967b36e8ea8572acac943c94794ede5ae71988a
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