TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - The Obese Adolescent Female
A1  - Kavey, Rae-Ellen W.
A2  - Silverman, Robert K.
PY  - 2017
T2  - Obesity Medicine: Management of Obesity in Women's Health Care
AB  - The  prevalence  of  obesity  in  childhood  and  adolescence  has  increased  dramatically  in  the  United  States  and  in  all  developed  countries  since  the  early  1970s.  Throughout  childhood,  obesity  is  defined  as  a  body  mass  index  (BMI)  at  or  above  the  95th  percentile  for  age  and  sex  using  standard  Centers  for  Disease  Control  and  Prevention  (CDC)  growth  curves;  overweight  is  defined  as  BMI  greater  than  the  85th  to  the  94th  percentile.  From  National  Health  and  Nutrition  Examination  Surveys  (NHANES)  data,  the  prevalence  of  obesity  in  12-  to  19-year-olds  was  6.1%  in  1971–1974  and  increased  serially  at  each  evaluation  to  20.5%  in  2011–2012  (Figure  4-1).1  Overall,  23.9  million  American  children  (32%  of  boys  and  31.6%  of  girls)  have  a  BMI  at  or  above  the  85th  percentile  and  are  classified  as  overweight  or  obese.2  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1139756847
ER  -