Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture on Childhood Obesity: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
Influence of Race, Ethnicity, and Culture on Childhood Obesity: Implications for Prevention and Treatment
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DOI：
10.1038/oby.2008.398
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发表时间：
2008-12-01
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影响因子：
6.9
通讯作者：
Schwimmer, Jeffrey B.
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作者：
Caprio, Sonia;Daniels, Stephen R.;Schwimmer, Jeffrey B.
肥胖可以被认为是一种体重，它传达了不良健康结果的重大风险。根据20世纪70年代的人口数据，在儿童中，肥胖定义为BMI等于或高于年龄和性别的第95百分位数（1，2）。在过去的30年里，美国儿童和青少年的肥胖患病率显著增加。以前只在成年人中发现的与肥胖有关的风险因素和疾病，现在越来越多地在肥胖青少年甚至更年幼的儿童中发现，种族和族裔是根据共同特征对人口进行分类的术语。种族传统上被用来根据共同的生物特征（如基因、肤色和其他可观察到的特征）对人口进行分类。种族是用来分类的基础上的文化特征，如共同的语言，祖先，宗教传统，饮食偏好和历史。虽然由于共同的祖先，种族群体可以共享一系列表型特征，但该术语通常用于强调文化和社会特征，而不是生物特征（3）。
Obesity may be thought of as a body weight that conveys significant risk for adverse health outcomes. In children, obesity is defined as a BMI at or above the 95th percentile for age and sex, based on population data from the 1970s (1, 2). The prevalence of obesity has increased markedly in US children and adolescents in the past 30 years. Obesityrelated risk factors and diseases formerly seen only in adults are increasingly being recognized in obese adolescents and even younger children.Race and ethnicity are terms used to categorize populations on the basis of shared characteristics. Race has traditionally been used to categorize populations on the basis of shared biological characteristics such as genes, skin color, and other observable features. Ethnicity is used to categorize on the basis of cultural characteristics such as shared language, ancestry, religious traditions, dietary preferences, and history. Although ethnic groups can share a range of phenotypic characteristics due to their shared ancestry, the term is typically used to highlight cultural and social characteristics instead of biological ones (3).