This report contains information on the prevalence of obesity in the U.S. nationally, by state, and among different demographics, and presents timelines that track overweight and obesity over the past few decades. Report Details Obesity in the United States Pages 52 Pages Format PPTX , PDF...
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Appel, MD, MPH JAMA Comment & Response Prevalence of Obesity in the United States Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD; Margaret D. Carroll, MSPH; Katherine M. Flegal, PhD JAMA Original Investigation Obesity Prevalence by Demographics and Urbanization in US Youth, 2013-2016 Cynthia L. Ogden, PhD; Cheryl ...
Race-related demographics Obesity is a cosmopolitan disease that affects all races worldwide. However, certain ethnic and racial groups appear to be particularly predisposed. The Pima Indians of Arizona and other ethnic groups native to North America have a particularly high prevalence of obesity. In...
We describe demographics and overweight and obesity prevalence in ECHO, and ECHO's potential as a resource for understanding how early life environmental factors affect obesity risk.In this cross-sectional study of 70 extant US and Puerto Rico cohorts, 2003–2017, we examined age, race/ethnicity,...
The Unrelenting Challenge of Obesity JAMA Editorial June 7, 2016 Obesity Prevalence by Demographics and Urbanization in US Youth, 2013-2016 JAMA Original Investigation June 19, 2018 This national survey study uses NHANES data to examine trends in obesity and severe obesity among US youth aged 2 to...
and so we do not include the age profile of an area as an explanatory factor. This adjustment has already been carried out by the CDC in the data which we use. By using age–adjusted data, we minimize the effect of demographics in our results. To anticipate, we also note for reference...
The South (28.0%) had the highest prevalence of physical inactivity, followed by the Northeast (25.6%), Midwest (25.0%), and the West (20.5%). In 7 states (Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Mississippi), and 2 US territories (Puerto Rico, and Guam), 30%...
Several factors may constrain the interpretation of our data. First, these data were limited to a subset of children receiving well-child care in a northern California healthcare delivery system and thus may not be fully representative of other population demographics or regions. Second, there is ...
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