Abstract:
:Secular changes in height and weight measurements were examined in five- to 14-year-olds from 1973 to 1984. The age-sex specific 85th percentile was used to classify persons as overweight (based on ponderal index; kg/m3). Secular increases in weight (2.5 kg), and ponderosity (0.5-0.7 kg/m3) were found. Gains in ponderosity over the 11-year period were greater at the 75th percentile than at the 25th percentile, and the prevalence of overweight increased from 15 per cent to 24 per cent.
journal_name
Am J Public Healthjournal_title
American journal of public healthauthors
Shear CL,Freedman DS,Burke GL,Harsha DW,Webber LS,Berenson GSdoi
10.2105/ajph.78.1.75subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1988-01-01 00:00:00pages
75-7issue
1eissn
0090-0036issn
1541-0048journal_volume
78pub_type
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