Secular trends of obesity in early life: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 78 (1), 75-77
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.78.1.75
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.Keywords
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