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SUBMITTER: Novotny R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4265894 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Novotny Rachel R Fialkowski Marie Kainoa MK Li Fenfang F Paulino Yvette Y Vargo Donald D Jim Rally R Coleman Patricia P Bersamin Andrea A Nigg Claudio R CR Leon Guerrero Rachael T RT Deenik Jonathan J Kim Jang Ho JH Wilkens Lynne R LR
American journal of public health 20150101 1
We estimated overweight and obesity (OWOB) prevalence of children in US-Affiliated Pacific jurisdictions (USAP) of the Children's Healthy Living Program compared with the contiguous United States. We searched peer-reviewed literature and government reports (January 2001-April 2014) for OWOB prevalence of children aged 2 to 8 years in the USAP and found 24 sources. We used 3 articles from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys for comparison. Mixed models regressed OWOB prevalence on a ...[more]