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. 2022 Aug 1;150(2):e2022056547.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-056547.

Trends in Obesity Disparities During Childhood

Cynthia L Ogden  1 , Crescent B Martin  1 , David S Freedman  2 , Craig M Hales  1   3
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Trends in Obesity Disparities During Childhood

Cynthia L Ogden et al. Pediatrics. .
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CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURES: The authors are federal government employees and have indicated they have no conflicts of interest to disclose. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Obesity prevalence in children and adolescents, by age, race, and Hispanic origin, United States, 2015 to 2018. NHANES 2015 to 2018, n = 6710. Weighted estimates were smoothed using locally estimated scatterplot smoothing. Obesity (including high weight-for-length) was defined as ≥95th percentile of body mass index-for-age Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts 2 to 20 years and weight-for-height ≥97.7th percentile of WHO growth charts birth to 2 years.
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  • Changes in the Incidence of Childhood Obesity.
    Cunningham SA, Hardy ST, Jones R, Ng C, Kramer MR, Narayan KMV. Cunningham SA, et al. Pediatrics. 2022 Aug 1;150(2):e2021053708. doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-053708. Pediatrics. 2022. PMID: 35789417 Free PMC article.

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