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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC OBESITY
Volume 6, Issue 1, Pages 12-20Publisher
INFORMA HEALTHCARE
DOI: 10.3109/17477161003587774
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- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation [260639]
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [U48/DP00064-00S1]
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Introduction. This study aims to describe the trends and racial/ethnic differences in prevalence of severe obesity among US children. Methods. We examined height and weight measurements from US children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years using three National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES II: 1976-1980, N = 7 201, NHANES III: 1988-1994, N = 10 600, and NHANES 1999-2006, N = 15 980). We estimated the prevalence of severe obesity, defined as having a body mass index (BMI) above 35 kg/m
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