Obesity Epidemiology

Williams Health of Young(2005) 75 (2000)et al. Victorians Study1988-1993 inUnited States1,456children in24 randomlyselectedschoolsin state ofVictoria,Australia9 to12 yCrosssectionalOverweight andobesity (cutpointsbased onage- and genderspecificcurvespassing throughadult BMI cutpointfor obesity)PedsQL 4.0:parent-proxy,self-reportAge, gender,maternaleducation,socioeconomicdisadvantagephysical functioning,self-esteem,emotional impact onparent, and overallpoor psychosocialhealthOverweight associatedwith worse parentproxytotal PedsQLscores and selfreportedsocialfunctioningObesity associatedwith worse parentproxysummaryphysical scores, socialfunctioning, totalPedsQL scores, andself-reported physicalsummary scores andsocial functioningSwallen Nationalet al. Longitudinal(2005) 76 Study ofAdolescentHealth (1996)4,827adolescentsrandomlysampled inthe UnitedStates12 to 20 y CrosssectionalOverweight(95th percentile-97th percentileplus 2 BMIunits); obesity(≥97th percentileof BMI plus 2BMI units for ageand gender)ApproximatedPedsQL measure(self-reportedgeneral health,functionallimitations,illnesssymptoms,Age, gender, race/ethnicity, familystructure, income,father’s education,mother’seducationOverweight andobesity associatedwith poor generalhealth, functionallimitations(continued)