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Obesity in Urban Black Adolescents of High and Low Relative Weight at 1 Year of Age

Francis E. Johnston, PhD; Robert W. Mack, MD

Am J Dis Child. 1978;132(9):862-864.


Abstract

• The prevalence of obesity was determined in 798 9 to 15-year-old Philadelphia subjects who had either a high (+1 SD) or a low (–1 SD) relative weight at 1 year of age. During the adolescent years, obesity was assessed by the triceps skin-fold thickness and by the relative weight, using national reference standards from the US Health Examination Survey. The prevalence of obesity for the high relative weight group at 1 year of age was three to four times higher than in the low relative weight group at 1 year of age. Compared with all urban youth of this age range, regardless of their status at 1 year of age, it is estimated that the risk ratio associated with a high relative weight at 1 year of age is approximately 1.6.

(Am J Dis Child 132:862-864, 1978)



Author Affiliations

From the Departments of Anthropology (Dr Johnston) and Research Medicine (Dr Mack), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.


Footnotes

Reprint requests to Department of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (Dr Johnston).



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