TY - JOUR
T1 - Trends in abdominal obesity among US children and adolescents
AU - Xi, Bo
AU - Mi, Jie
AU - Zhao, Min
AU - Zhang, Tao
AU - Jia, Cunxian
AU - Li, Jiajia
AU - Zeng, Tao
AU - Steffen, Lyn M.
PY - 2014/8/1
Y1 - 2014/8/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: Previous studies showed that prevalence of abdominal obesity among US children and adolescents increased significantly between 1988-1994 and 2003-2004. However, little is known about recent time trends in abdominal obesity since 2003-2004.This study was to provide recent updated national estimates of childhood abdominal obesity and examine the trends in childhood abdominal obesity from 2003 to 2012. METHODS: Data were from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted during 5 time periods (2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012). A total of 16 601 US children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years were included. Abdominal obesity is defined as a waist circumference (WC) ≥ gender- and age-specific 90th percentile based on data from NHANES III (1988-1994) and a waist-to-height (WHtR) ≥0.5, respectively. RESULTS: In 2011-2012, 17.95% of children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years were abdominally obese defined by WC, and 32.93% of those aged 6 to 18 years were abdominally obese defined by WHtR. Mean WC and WHtR and prevalence of abdominal obesity kept stable between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012, independently of gender, age, and race/ethnicity. However, there was a significant decrease in abdominal obesity among children aged 2 to 5 years. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of abdominal obesity leveled off among US children and adolescents from 2003-2004 to 2011-2012.
AB - OBJECTIVES: Previous studies showed that prevalence of abdominal obesity among US children and adolescents increased significantly between 1988-1994 and 2003-2004. However, little is known about recent time trends in abdominal obesity since 2003-2004.This study was to provide recent updated national estimates of childhood abdominal obesity and examine the trends in childhood abdominal obesity from 2003 to 2012. METHODS: Data were from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) conducted during 5 time periods (2003-2004, 2005-2006, 2007-2008, 2009-2010, and 2011-2012). A total of 16 601 US children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years were included. Abdominal obesity is defined as a waist circumference (WC) ≥ gender- and age-specific 90th percentile based on data from NHANES III (1988-1994) and a waist-to-height (WHtR) ≥0.5, respectively. RESULTS: In 2011-2012, 17.95% of children and adolescents aged 2 to 18 years were abdominally obese defined by WC, and 32.93% of those aged 6 to 18 years were abdominally obese defined by WHtR. Mean WC and WHtR and prevalence of abdominal obesity kept stable between 2003-2004 and 2011-2012, independently of gender, age, and race/ethnicity. However, there was a significant decrease in abdominal obesity among children aged 2 to 5 years. CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of abdominal obesity leveled off among US children and adolescents from 2003-2004 to 2011-2012.
KW - Abdominal obesity
KW - Children
KW - Waist circumference
KW - Waist-to-height ratio
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U2 - 10.1542/peds.2014-0970
DO - 10.1542/peds.2014-0970
M3 - Article
C2 - 25049347
AN - SCOPUS:84905270318
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 134
SP - e334-e339
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 2
ER -