PMID- 17889073
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20071009
LR  - 20070924
IS  - 1097-6833 (Electronic)
IS  - 0022-3476 (Linking)
VI  - 151
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Oct
TI  - Overweight and obesity among youth participants in American football.
PG  - 378-82
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence of overweight and obesity among 
      participants in youth American football 9 to 14 years of age. STUDY DESIGN: 
      Cross-sectional, 653 boys, 8.7 to 14.6 years. Height and weight were measured; 
      body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Overweight and obesity were defined by 
      international (International Obesity Task Force [IOTF]) and United States 
      (Centers for Disease Control [CDC]) criteria. Prevalence and 95% confidence 
      interval were calculated. Player age, height, and weight and midparent height 
      were used to predict mature height; current height was expressed as a percentage 
      of predicted mature height as an estimate of maturity status. RESULTS: Overall 
      45.0% (41.2% to 48.9%) and 42.6% (38.8% to 46.5%) of players were overweight or 
      obese by CDC and IOTF criteria, respectively. Prevalence was highest in early 
      maturing boys. Based on position-activity at time of injury (n = 180), overweight 
      and obesity were more common among offensive and defensive linemen. CONCLUSION: 
      Overweight and obesity were more prevalent in youth football players than in 
      national samples of American boys. Allowing for limitations of the BMI and the 
      relative stability of the BMI from adolescence into adulthood, a relatively large 
      number of football participants may be at risk for later overweight or obesity, 
      and the risk appears to be greater for offensive and defensive line positions.
FAU - Malina, Robert M
AU  - Malina RM
AD  - Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX 77414, USA. rmalina@skyconnect.net
FAU - Morano, Peter J
AU  - Morano PJ
FAU - Barron, Mary
AU  - Barron M
FAU - Miller, Susan J
AU  - Miller SJ
FAU - Cumming, Sean P
AU  - Cumming SP
FAU - Kontos, Anthony P
AU  - Kontos AP
FAU - Little, Bertis B
AU  - Little BB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20070724
PL  - United States
TA  - J Pediatr
JT  - The Journal of pediatrics
JID - 0375410
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Age Distribution
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - Child
MH  - *Football/statistics & numerical data
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Michigan/epidemiology
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - *Overweight
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Puberty
MH  - Risk Factors
EDAT- 2007/09/25 09:00
MHDA- 2007/10/10 09:00
CRDT- 2007/09/25 09:00
PHST- 2006/12/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2007/02/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2007/03/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2007/09/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/10/10 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2007/09/25 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S0022-3476(07)00281-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.03.044 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Pediatr. 2007 Oct;151(4):378-82. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2007.03.044. Epub 2007 
      Jul 24.