High Prevalence of Obesity Among Inner-City Adolescent Boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting Our Boys

We examined sex differences in overweight and obesity in a sample of 1,619 inner-city adolescents. Participants were enrolled from 11 public schools in the Bronx, New York. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 21.7% and 22.5%, respectively; prevalence of obesity was significantly higher amon...

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Autores principales: Isasi, Carmen R., Whiffen, Amy, Florez, Yolanda, Freeman, Katherine, Wylie-Rosett, Judith, Campbell, Eleanor
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21159235
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author Isasi, Carmen R.
Whiffen, Amy
Florez, Yolanda
Freeman, Katherine
Wylie-Rosett, Judith
Campbell, Eleanor
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Florez, Yolanda
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description We examined sex differences in overweight and obesity in a sample of 1,619 inner-city adolescents. Participants were enrolled from 11 public schools in the Bronx, New York. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 21.7% and 22.5%, respectively; prevalence of obesity was significantly higher among adolescent boys than adolescent girls (24.9 vs 20.1%). Childhood obesity is a public health concern in the United States, and the higher prevalence of obesity in adolescent boys requires additional attention.
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spelling pubmed-30440342011-03-21 High Prevalence of Obesity Among Inner-City Adolescent Boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting Our Boys Isasi, Carmen R. Whiffen, Amy Florez, Yolanda Freeman, Katherine Wylie-Rosett, Judith Campbell, Eleanor Prev Chronic Dis Brief We examined sex differences in overweight and obesity in a sample of 1,619 inner-city adolescents. Participants were enrolled from 11 public schools in the Bronx, New York. The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 21.7% and 22.5%, respectively; prevalence of obesity was significantly higher among adolescent boys than adolescent girls (24.9 vs 20.1%). Childhood obesity is a public health concern in the United States, and the higher prevalence of obesity in adolescent boys requires additional attention. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2010-12-15 /pmc/articles/PMC3044034/ /pubmed/21159235 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
spellingShingle Brief
Isasi, Carmen R.
Whiffen, Amy
Florez, Yolanda
Freeman, Katherine
Wylie-Rosett, Judith
Campbell, Eleanor
High Prevalence of Obesity Among Inner-City Adolescent Boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting Our Boys
title High Prevalence of Obesity Among Inner-City Adolescent Boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting Our Boys
title_full High Prevalence of Obesity Among Inner-City Adolescent Boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting Our Boys
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title_short High Prevalence of Obesity Among Inner-City Adolescent Boys in the Bronx, New York: Forgetting Our Boys
title_sort high prevalence of obesity among inner-city adolescent boys in the bronx, new york: forgetting our boys
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3044034/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21159235
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