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Childhood obesity is a condition where excess body fat negatively affects a child's health or well-being. ... (PDF) on 2016-03-03 This page was last edited on 12 ...
The 2000 CDC growth charts - a revised version of the 1977 NCHS growth charts - are the current standard tool for health care providers and offer 16 charts (8 for boys and 8 for girls), of which BMI-for-age is commonly used for aiding in the diagnoses of childhood obesity. [1]
The healthy BMI range varies with the age and sex of the child. Obesity in children and adolescents is defined as a BMI greater than the 95th percentile. [277] The reference data that these percentiles are based on is from 1963 to 1994 and thus has not been affected by the recent increases in rates of obesity. [278]
Additionally, pediatric gastroenterologist Rebecca Winderman, MD posted a video on Twitter on January 19 supporting the guidelines, including the use of medication to treat children with obesity ...
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the 21st century with rising rates in both the developed and developing world. [ citation needed ] Rates of obesity in Canadian boys have increased from 11% in the 1980s to over 30% in the 1990s, while during this same time period rates increased from 4 to 14% in Brazilian children.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 80 percent of adults and about one-third of children now meet the clinical definition of overweight or obese. More Americans live with “extreme obesity“ than with breast cancer, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and HIV put together.
Overweight is defined as a BMI of 25 or more, thus it includes pre-obesity defined as a BMI between 25 and 29.9 and obesity as defined by a BMI of 30 or more. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Pre-obese and overweight however are often used interchangeably, thus giving overweight a common definition of a BMI of between 25 and 29.9.
[2] [3] Childhood obesity is becoming an increasing concern worldwide, and Australia alone recognizes that 1 in 4 children are either overweight or obese. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] For Australians aged between 4 and 17 years, obesity is a very concerning condition as once gained it is favourably harder to be liberated from.