Childhood obesity among Head Start enrollees in southeastern Minnesota: prevalence and risk factors.
Childhood obesity among Head Start enrollees in southeastern Minnesota: prevalence and risk factors.
复制标题
明尼苏达州东南部 Head Start 参与者的儿童肥胖：患病率和风险因素。
作者：
William T. Hu;T. Foley;R. Wilcox;Rochelle M Kozera;B. Morgenstern;Y. Juhn
BACKGROUND
Up to 32% of US Head Start enrollees in inner-city settings have been reported to be obese. However, little is known about the prevalence of overweight and associated risk factors in Head Start enrollees in non-inner-city settings.
OBJECTIVES
To determine the prevalence of childhood obesity from 1998 to 2001 and associated risk factors for overweight among Head Start enrollees in southeast Minnesota.
METHODS
The study was designed as a cross-sectional study. Subjects were 788 children ages three to five years who were enrolled in Head Start of Olmsted and Freeborn Counties, Minnesota, between 1998 and 2001. Anthropometric data and other sociodemographic variables were collected. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) classification for body mass index (BMI) was used (ie, overweight is > 95th percentile BMI for age). Data were fit to a logistic regression model to identify risk factors associated with overweight.
RESULTS
From 1998 to 2001, the overall prevalence of overweight and at risk for overweight was 12.9% and 12.2%, respectively. The prevalence of overweight from 1998 to 2001 remained steady, but the prevalence of at risk doubled from 8.2% in 1998 to 16.1% in 2001. On the basis of BMI at the time of enrollment in Head Start, Mexican origin (OR = 2.76; P = .002) and speaking English as a second language (ESL) at home (OR = 1.75; P = .026) were independent predictors for overweight.
CONCLUSIONS
The Head Start setting in a nonurban area does not confer any more or less risk for overweight for enrollees, compared to those in urban settings. Children within a certain ethnic group (eg, Mexican) and those who speak English as a second language at home have a higher risk of being overweight. Specific early interventions for these children in a Head Start setting are warranted.
影响因子：
7.7
作者：
Wang, YF
通讯作者：
Wang, YF
影响因子：
1.9
作者：
ROBINS, J;BRESLOW, N;GREENLAND, S
通讯作者：
GREENLAND, S
儿童身体活动的社会文化决定因素。
DOI：
10.1006/pmed.1999.0546
发表时间：
1999
期刊：
Preventive medicine.
影响因子：
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作者：
Lindquist,CH;Reynolds,KD;Goran,MI
通讯作者：
Goran,MI