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Do Children Outgrow the "Epidemiologic Paradox"?

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2006;160:656-657.

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In recent decades, there has been an explosive increase in the number of overweight and obese adults and children in the United States and many other countries.¹ According to 1999-2002 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 15% of all children and adolescents in the United States were overweight, a 100% increase during a 20-year period.² Although we have become more sophisticated about recognizing obesity as a clinical and public health problem, we are surprisingly short on solutions or effective interventions.

Racial/ethnic differences in health outcomes have been consistently documented in the United States, and the article by Whitaker and Orzol³ in this issue of the ARCHIVES highlights a critical but largely overlooked aspect of the domestic epidemic of childhood obesity.⁴ Among urban families who participated in the 2001-2003 Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study, Latino preschoolers (aged 3 years) were twice as likely to be obese . . . [Full Text of this Article]

AUTHOR INFORMATION

Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH