Prevalence of Overweight in Children with Developmental Disorders in the Continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002 - 15/08/11
, Carol Curtin, MSW, Charles Hamad, PhD, David J. Tybor, MS, MPH, Aviva Must, PhD
Reprint requests: Linda G. Bandini, PhD, RD, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center, 200 Trapelo Rd, Waltham, MA 02452.Abstract |
Objective |
To estimate the prevalence of overweight in children identified with developmental disorders on the basis of nationally representative survey data.
Study design |
We estimated the prevalence of overweight in children with developmental disorders on the basis of a recent large nationally representative survey. The continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002 included 4 questions to identify children with developmental disorders. Height and weight were used to calculate body mass index (BMI). BMI percentiles were estimated relative to the age- and sex-specific Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth reference. The 85th percentile BMI defined at-risk-for-overweight and the 95th percentile BMI defined overweight.
Results |
We found a higher prevalence of at-risk-for overweight and overweight among children with limitations in physical activity and a higher prevalence of overweight in girls with learning disabilities, compared with children without these conditions, after adjustment for age and race-ethnicity.
Conclusion |
To the extent that children with developmental disorders are included in large representative surveys, the data suggest that children with developmental disorders have a risk for overweight that is at least as great as that of typically developing children.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Mots-clés : BMI, CDC, LD, MR, NHANES
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Vol 146 - N° 6
P. 738-743 - juin 2005 Retour au numéro
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