ArticlePediatric obesity2018
Secular changes in physical growth and obesity among southwestern American Indian children over four decades.
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- A Randomised Controlled Trial Testing a Behavioural Intervention Program for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Among American Indian Youth: The Tribal Turning Point Study.Pediatric obesity · 2025Trial
- Targeting risk factors for type 2 diabetes in American Indian youth: the Tribal Turning Point pilot study.Pediatric obesity · 2018Trial
- Familial Associations of Metabolic Syndrome and Its Interrelated Traits in Southwestern Indigenous Americans.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2025Article
- Adolescent Growth Spurt and Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Southwestern American Indians.American journal of epidemiology · 2023Article
- Youth-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus: an urgent challenge.Nature reviews. Nephrology · 2023Review
- Increased Adiposity and Low Height-for-Age in Early Childhood Are Associated With Later Metabolic Risks in American Indian Children and Adolescents.The Journal of nutrition · 2022Article
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- Weight tracking in childhood and adolescence and type 2 diabetes risk.Diabetologia · 2020Article
- Implementation of the Navajo fruit and vegetable prescription programme to improve access to healthy foods in a rural food desert.Public health nutrition · 2020Article
- Trends in height, weight, BMI, skinfolds, and measures of overweight and obesity from 1979 through 1999 among American Indian Youth: The Akwesasne Mohawk.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2020Article
- Impact of text message-based intervention for weight control and health-promoting lifestyle behaviors of overweight and obese children.Journal of education and health promotion · 2020Article
- Growth Tracking in Severely Obese or Underweight Children.Pediatrics · 2017Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesMost studies describing childhood obesity in the United States are based on cross-sectional surveys and do not include substantial numbers of American Indians (AI). Secular trends in height and weight reflect general health status. This study describes weight trends and transitions among AI children over a 43-year period.
methodsAnthropometric data were obtained from a prospective study conducted in a southwestern US AI population (1965 through 2007). For cross-sectional analysis, 12 377 observations were available from 6529 children across four birth cohorts (1955-1964, 1965-1974, 1975-1984, 1985-1994). Participants were stratified into three age groups: pre- (5-9 years), early (10-13) and late (14-17) adolescence. Longitudinal analyses included 1737 children with one exam in each age group.
resultsIn early and late adolescence, weight increased across birth cohorts. Prevalence of obesity among pre-adolescents was 17.5% (95% CI, 15.1%-19.9%) in the 1955-1964 cohort and 33.7% (95% CI, 30.1%-36.4%) in the 1985-1994 cohort. 74% of children overweight in pre-adolescence in the 1985-1994 cohort became obese by late adolescence; in the 1955-1964 cohort, only 43% made this transition.
conclusionsThis study describes the rising prevalence of childhood obesity. Children obese in pre-adolescence remained obese in late adolescence, stressing the need for early intervention.
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