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Continued Decline in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence Among New York City Public School Youth in Grades K-8: 2011-2017.

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Day, SE; D'Agostino, EM; Huang, TT-K; Larkin, M; Harr, L; Konty, KJ
Published in: Obesity (Silver Spring)
March 2020

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to estimate population-level prevalence of obesity and severe obesity for New York City youth and examine the most recent trends over time. METHODS: All public school youth in grades kindergarten through eighth (K-8) (2011-2012 through 2016-2017) with valid weight and height measures were included (N = 1,137,782 unique students; 3,720,297 observations). Age- and sex-specific BMI percentiles for obesity and severe obesity were estimated using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention growth charts. Repeated cross-sectional analyses were conducted using logistic regression, weighting for missing or invalid responses and accounting for clustering by students and schools to examine trends over time and by sociodemographics. RESULTS: Among youth in K-8 (aged 5-15 years, 48.8% girls), the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in 2011-2012 was 21.5% and 6.4%, respectively, compared with 20.2% and 6.0%, respectively, in 2016-2017. Since 2011-2012, decreasing trends in obesity and severe obesity (relative declines: 6.0% and 6.3%, respectively, P < 0.001) have been observed. Significant decreases were observed for all subgroups (P < 0.001), although there remained disparities in relative declines over time by race/ethnicity and poverty. CONCLUSIONS: Decreasing trends in obesity and severe obesity among all New York City K-8 public school youth are promising; however, persistent disparities highlight the need to improve intervention design and implementation strategies for groups disproportionately burdened by obesity.

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Obesity (Silver Spring)

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EISSN

1930-739X

Publication Date

March 2020

Volume

28

Issue

3

Start / End Page

638 / 646

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Schools
  • Prevalence
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Obesity
  • New York City
  • Male
  • Humans
  • History, 21st Century
  • Female
 

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Day, S. E., D’Agostino, E. M., Huang, T.-K., Larkin, M., Harr, L., & Konty, K. J. (2020). Continued Decline in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence Among New York City Public School Youth in Grades K-8: 2011-2017. Obesity (Silver Spring), 28(3), 638–646. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22732
Day, Sophia E., Emily M. D’Agostino, Terry T-K Huang, Michael Larkin, Lindsey Harr, and Kevin J. Konty. “Continued Decline in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence Among New York City Public School Youth in Grades K-8: 2011-2017.Obesity (Silver Spring) 28, no. 3 (March 2020): 638–46. https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.22732.
Day SE, D’Agostino EM, Huang TT-K, Larkin M, Harr L, Konty KJ. Continued Decline in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence Among New York City Public School Youth in Grades K-8: 2011-2017. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Mar;28(3):638–46.
Day, Sophia E., et al. “Continued Decline in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence Among New York City Public School Youth in Grades K-8: 2011-2017.Obesity (Silver Spring), vol. 28, no. 3, Mar. 2020, pp. 638–46. Pubmed, doi:10.1002/oby.22732.
Day SE, D’Agostino EM, Huang TT-K, Larkin M, Harr L, Konty KJ. Continued Decline in Obesity and Severe Obesity Prevalence Among New York City Public School Youth in Grades K-8: 2011-2017. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Mar;28(3):638–646.
Journal cover image

Published In

Obesity (Silver Spring)

DOI

EISSN

1930-739X

Publication Date

March 2020

Volume

28

Issue

3

Start / End Page

638 / 646

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Schools
  • Prevalence
  • Obesity, Morbid
  • Obesity
  • New York City
  • Male
  • Humans
  • History, 21st Century
  • Female