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The State of the Literature and a Future Research Agenda

John Cawley, PhD

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007;161(6):611-614.

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Since 1970, the prevalence of overweight has almost quadrupled among children aged 6 to 11 years and has more than doubled among youths aged 12 to 19 years.¹ As of 2003-2004, 17.1% of children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years in the United States are clinically overweight, a figure more than 3 times greater than the Healthy People 2010 goal of 5%.^2-3 This has led the US government and the Institute of Medicine to declare obesity an epidemic among American youths,^4-5 with important implications for physical^6-7 and mental health^8-9 and medical care costs.^10-11

Public health and medical organizations have encouraged action to prevent or reduce obesity among youths; the most notable example may be the Institute of Medicine's report Preventing Childhood Obesity: Health in the Balance.⁵ State legislatures have responded by considering a variety of antiobesity policies, such as revising physical education requirements and improving . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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