PMID- 23132630
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130612
LR  - 20130628
IS  - 1520-6300 (Electronic)
IS  - 1042-0533 (Linking)
VI  - 25
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013 Jan-Feb
TI  - Growth and weight status of rural Texas school youth.
PG  - 71-7
LID - 10.1002/ajhb.22343 [doi]
AB  - CONTEXT: Evidence indicates higher prevalence of obesity in rural American youth. 
      The present study evaluates the growth status and estimates the prevalence of 
      overweight and obesity among rural school children in Texas. METHODS: Heights and 
      weights were measured in a sample of 1,084 school youth (545 males, 539 females) 
      5-19 years of age, in rural north central Texas in 2010. body mass index (BMI) 
      was calculated. Growth status was plotted relative to US reference data. Weight 
      status (underweight/thin, overweight, and obesity) was classified relative to 
      age- and sex-specific Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and International Obesity 
      Task Force (IOTF) criteria. Concordance of classifications was evaluated. 
      RESULTS: Mean heights of the rural children approximated reference medians, while 
      median weights exceeded reference medians and approximated 75th percentiles with 
      increasing age. Median BMIs of boys and girls were below the 75th percentiles 
      except among late adolescent girls. Prevalence of underweight/thinness was low 
      (<4%). Overweight approximated 20% among boys 6-11 years and 16% among boys 12-19 
      years with CDC criteria; the opposite was apparent for obesity, 6-11 years, 16%, 
      and 12-19 years, 20%. Approximately, equal percentages of boys in both age groups 
      were classified overweight ( approximately 21-22%) with IOTF criteria, but almost twice as many 
      older (15%) than younger (8%) boys were classified obese. Overweight was less 
      prevalent ( approximately 5%) but obesity more prevalent ( approximately 5%) with CDC compared to IOTF 
      criteria, but both were less prevalent among younger than older girls. 
      CONCLUSION: Prevalence of overweight and obesity among rural Texas school youth 
      was comparable to national estimates for 2007-2008. The results highlight a need 
      for programs aimed at preventing unhealthy weight gain and/or weight reduction 
      given the tendency of obesity to track from childhood into adulthood and 
      potentially negative health consequences of obesity. Am. J. Hum. Biol., 2013. (c) 
      2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
FAU - Duran, Marilyn
AU  - Duran M
AD  - Department of Nursing, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX 76402-0010, 
      USA.
FAU - Gillespie, Joe
AU  - Gillespie J
FAU - Malina, Robert M
AU  - Malina RM
FAU - Little, Bertis B
AU  - Little BB
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20121107
PL  - United States
TA  - Am J Hum Biol
JT  - American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology 
      Council
JID - 8915029
SB  - IM
EIN - Am J Hum Biol. 2013 May-Jun;25(3):443. Duran, Mary [corrected to Duran, Marilyn]
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Body Height
MH  - Body Mass Index
MH  - *Body Weight
MH  - Child
MH  - Child Development
MH  - Child, Preschool
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Obesity/*epidemiology
MH  - Overweight/epidemiology
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - *Rural Population
MH  - Texas/epidemiology
MH  - Thinness/epidemiology
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2012/11/08 06:00
MHDA- 2013/06/13 06:00
CRDT- 2012/11/08 06:00
PHST- 2012/07/25 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2012/10/02 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2012/10/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2012/11/08 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2012/11/08 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/06/13 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/ajhb.22343 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Am J Hum Biol. 2013 Jan-Feb;25(1):71-7. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.22343. Epub 2012 Nov 7.