Childhood obesity is increasing

Childhood obesity is increasing and the implications for the population's health in the future are a cause for concern. In a 10 year study of routinely collected data on child health Bundred et al (p 326) have shown that this increase in weight occurs before the age of 4 years. The number of overweight and obese children in the health authority in which they carried out the study almost doubled between 1989 and 1998. For interventions to be effective they must be targeted at this age group. This study has also shown that routinely collected data are valuable in identifying anthropometric trends in populations.

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Prevalence of overweight and obese children between 1989 and 1998: population based series of cross sectional studies

Peter Bundred, Denise Kitchiner, and Iain Buchan
BMJ 2001 322: 326. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]