The development of youth-onset severe obesity in urban US girls
•Youth-onset severe obesity warrants particular concern in urban female populations.•Among 2226 girls, prevalence was 8.3% at age 7–10, 10.8% at age 12–15 and fairly stable over teen years.•Severe obesity prevalence increased more rapidly with age for girls born in 1995 versus 1992.•Severely obese g...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4617672/ |