PREVALENCE OF OBESITY IN AMERICAN-INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
PREVALENCE OF OBESITY IN AMERICAN-INDIANS AND ALASKA NATIVES
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DOI：
10.1093/ajcn/53.6.1535s
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发表时间：
1991-06-01
影响因子：
7.1
通讯作者：
GOHDES, D
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作者：
BROUSSARD, BA;JOHNSON, A;GOHDES, D
肥胖是心血管疾病和非胰岛素依赖型糖尿病的重要风险因素，这两种慢性疾病今天困扰着美洲印第安人和阿拉斯加原住民。因为大多数全国性的健康和营养调查中没有美国印第安人的代表，所以关于美国印第安人肥胖的实际流行情况的数据很少。我们根据现有数据估计了美国印第安人成年人、学龄儿童和学龄前儿童超重和肥胖的流行率。成年人的肥胖率是通过对美国印第安人进行的一项特别调查得出的自我报告的体重和身高来估计的，这项调查是1987年全国医疗支出调查的一部分。美国印第安人肥胖率男性为13.7%，女性为16.5%，高于美国的9.1%和8.2%。美国印第安人青少年和学龄前儿童的肥胖率高于美国所有种族的肥胖率总和。
Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which are chronic diseases that afflict American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Because American Indians are not represented in most national health and nutrition surveys, there is a paucity of data on actual prevalence of obesity in American Indians. We estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity for American Indian adults, school-age children, and preschool children from existing data. The prevalence of obesity in adults was estimated from self-reported weights and heights obtained from a special survey of American Indians performed as part of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. Prevalence of obesity in American Indians was 13.7% for men and 16.5% for women, which was higher than the US rates of 9.1% and 8.2%, respectively. Obesity rates in American Indian adolescents and preschool children were higher than the respective rates for US all-races combined.