Indications of early obesity in low-income Hmong children.
Journal Article
OBJECTIVE: To determine if there is evidence of obesity in low-income Hmong children. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. SETTING: Women, Infants, and Children clinics in Minneapolis, Minn. PARTICIPANTS: 271 US-born Hmong children, ages 1.00 through 4.99 years. SELECTION PROCEDURES: Consecutive sample of all Hmong children seen in two clinics between September and December 1989. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS/MAIN RESULTS: Heights and weights were measured and converted to National Center for Health Statistics z scores of weight for age, height for age, and weight for height. Relative to National Center for Health Statistics reference data, mean height-for-age z scores decline progressively after age 2 years to--1.2 z at age 4.5 years. Mean weight-for-height z scores exceeded the National Center for Health Statistics reference significantly at ages 3 and 4 years, and there was more than a fourfold excess of Hmong children beyond the 95th percentile in weight for height at these ages. CONCLUSIONS: There is evidence of early obesity in Hmong children, an ethnic group heretofore considered to be a low risk for obesity.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Himes, JH; Story, M; Czaplinski, K; Dahlberg-Luby, E
Published Date
- January 1, 1992
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 146 / 1
Start / End Page
- 67 - 69
PubMed ID
- 1736651
Pubmed Central ID
- 1736651
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0002-922X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1001/archpedi.1992.02160130069023
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States