DOES CHILDHOOD OBESITY TRACK INTO ADULTHOOD
DOES CHILDHOOD OBESITY TRACK INTO ADULTHOOD
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DOI：
10.1080/10408399309527641
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发表时间：
1993-01-01
影响因子：
10.2
通讯作者：
LAUER, RM
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作者：
CLARKE, WR;LAUER, RM
在1971年至1981年期间，马斯卡廷冠状动脉危险因素项目在六次两年一次的学校调查中测量了2631名9至18岁的学龄儿童。从1981年开始，这些人在23岁、28岁和33岁生日附近被测量。本文探讨了跟踪从童年到年轻的成年年的身高，体重，体重指数（BMI），三头肌皮褶厚度（TSF）的这些人。根据年龄和性别，身高的跟踪相关性范围为0.41至0.97;体重的相关性范围为0.51至0.88; BMI的相关性范围为0.58至0.91; TSF的相关性范围为0.26至0.58。体重在前五分之一的儿童中，有49%至70%的人成年后体重也在前五分之一，体重指数在前五分之一的儿童中，有48%至75%的人成年后体重又在前五分之一，TSF在前五分之一的儿童中，有25%至56%的人成年后体重又在前五分之一。这些措施跟踪从童年到年轻的成年生活，大多数肥胖儿童成为肥胖的成年人。然而，大约有31%的体重指数较高的儿童成年后体重指数明显较低，而同样数量的瘦儿童成年后体重指数较低。为什么有些肥胖的孩子会变成肥胖的成年人，而另一些却不会，这仍然是一个没有答案的问题。本文提供的数据表明，肥胖症往往是在儿童和青少年时期获得的，当时可以采取预防措施。
Between 1971 and 1981 the Muscatine Coronary Risk Factor Project measured, in six biennial school surveys, 2631 schoolchildren 9 to 18 years of age. Beginning in 1981, these individuals were measured near their 23rd, 28th, and 33rd birthday. This article examines the tracking from childhood into young adult years of the heights, weights, body mass indices (BMI), and triceps skinfold thicknesses (TSF) of these individuals. Depending on age and gender, tracking correlations for height ranged from 0.41 to 0.97; for weight they ranged from 0.51 to 0.88; for BMI they ranged from 0.58 to 0.91; and for TSF they ranged from 0.26 to 0.58. From 49 to 70% of children in the upper quintile of weight were found in the upper quintile of weight as adults, from 48 to 75% of children in the upper quintile of BMI were again in the upper quintile as adults, and from 25 to 56% of children in the upper quintile of TSF were again in the upper quintile as adults. These measures track from childhood into young adult life, and the majority of obese children become obese adults. However, about 31% of children from the upper quintile of BMI became adults with substantially lower levels, while a similar number of lean children become obese adults. Why some obese children become obese adults and others do not remains an unanswered question. The data presented herein indicate that obesity is often acquired during childhood and adolescence when preventive measures could be applied.