Childhood Obesity: Most Experts Identified Physical Activity and the Use of Best Practices as Key to Successful Programsdataset
Аннотация: Childhood Obesity: Most Experts Identified Physical Activity and the Use of Best Practices as Key to Successful ProgramsIn the past 30 years, the number of obese children 1 has increased throughout the United States, leading some policy makers to rank childhood obesity as a critical public health threat.The rate of childhood obesity has more than tripled for children between the ages of 6 and 11 and also increased for children of other ages over the same period.2 According to a 2005 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, there are approximately 9 million children nationwide over the age of 6 who are considered obese. 3 An important consequence of childhood obesity is the increasing number of children experiencing illnesses and other health problems associated with obesity, such as hypertension and type II diabetes.The rise in obesity-related health conditions also introduces added economic costs.Between 1979 and 1999, obesityassociated hospital costs for children between the ages of 6 and 17 more than tripled, from $35 million to $127 million. 4 Moreover, because studies suggest that obese children are likely to become overweight or obese adults-particularly if the children are obese during adolescence-the increase in the number of obese children may 1 In this report, the term "obese" refers to children who are considered both overweight and at risk for overweight according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standards for childspecific body mass index (BMI) scores, as well as both overweight and obese adults.BMI is an indirect measure of body fat calculated as the ratio of a person's body weight in kilograms to the square of a person's height in meters.According to CDC's 2000 growth charts, children are overweight when their BMI is at or above the 95 th percentile for their age and gender, while children between the 85 th and 95 th percentile are considered at risk of being overweight.BMI for children, also referred to as BMI-for-age, is gender and age specific because the percentage of body fat in children changes as they grow and because body fat in girls and boys differs.Adults are considered overweight when their BMI is between 25.0 and 29.9 and obese when their BMI is 30.0 or above.In addition, in this report, the term "children" refers to anyone under the age of 18. 2 These data are for children at or above the 95 th percentile of BMI for age and gender.
Год издания: 2005
Источник: PsycEXTRA Dataset
Ключевые слова: Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
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