Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999-2010.

@article{Ogden2012PrevalenceOO,
  title={Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US children and adolescents, 1999-2010.},
  author={Cynthia L Ogden and M. Carroll and Brian K. Kit and Katherine M. Flegal},
  journal={JAMA},
  year={2012},
  volume={307 5},
  pages={
          483-90
        }
}
CONTEXT The prevalence of childhood obesity increased in the 1980s and 1990s but there were no significant changes in prevalence between 1999-2000 and 2007-2008 in the United States. OBJECTIVES To present the most recent estimates of obesity prevalence in US children and adolescents for 2009-2010 and to investigate trends in obesity prevalence and body mass index (BMI) among children and adolescents between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Cross-sectional analyses… 
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