Incidence of Obesity Among Young US Children Living in Low-Income Families, 2008–2011

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• Alternative Title:
  Pediatrics
• Personal Author:
  Pan, Liping ; May, Ashleigh L. ; Wethington, Holly ; Dalenius, Karen ; Grummer-Strawn, Laurence M.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE
  
  To examine the incidence and reverse of obesity among young low-income children and variations across population subgroups.
  
  METHODS
  
  We included 1.2 million participants in federally funded child health and nutrition programs who were 0 to 23 months old in 2008 and were followed up 24 to 35 months later in 2010–2011. Weight and height were measured. Obesity at baseline was defined as gender-specific weight-for-length ≥95th percentile on the 2000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts. Obesity at follow-up was defined as gender-specific BMI-for-age ≥95th percentile. We used a multivariable log-binomial model to estimate relative risk of obesity adjusting for gender, baseline age, race/ethnicity, duration of follow-up, and baseline weight-for-length percentile.
  
  RESULTS
  
  The incidence of obesity was 11.0% after the follow-up period. The incidence was significantly higher among boys versus girls and higher among children aged 0 to 11 months at baseline versus those older. Compared with non-Hispanic whites, the risk of obesity was 35% higher among Hispanics and 49% higher among American Indians (AIs)/Alaska Natives (ANs), but 8% lower among non-Hispanic African Americans. Among children who were obese at baseline, 36.5% remained obese and 63.5% were nonobese at follow-up. The proportion of reversing of obesity was significantly lower among Hispanics and AIs/ANs than that among other racial/ethnic groups.
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  
  The high incidence underscores the importance of early-life obesity prevention in multiple settings for low-income children and their families. The variations within population subgroups suggest that culturally appropriate intervention efforts should be focused on Hispanics and AIs/ANs.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Article Body Mass Index Child, Preschool Childhood Obesity Female Follow-Up Studies Food Assistance Humans Incidence Income Infancy Infant Infant, Newborn Male Models, Statistical Multivariate Analysis Obesity Population-based Studies Poverty Preschool Age Public Health Risk Factors

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• Source:
  Pediatrics. 132(6):1006-1013.
• Pubmed ID:
  24276843
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4582754
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  132
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
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  urn:sha256:f1c385e892c244db55f9de91fa39f192fe02f760a5fb67258c462e4576c3993c
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34605/cdc_34605_DS1.pdf
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