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Objectively measured pediatric obesity prevalence using the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium. Obes Res Clin Pract 2019;13(1):12-15

Date

11/06/2018

Pubmed ID

30391132

Pubmed Central ID

PMC7861018

DOI

10.1016/j.orcp.2018.10.002

Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85055751745 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site)   4 Citations

Abstract

We characterized the prevalence of obesity among Florida children 2-19years old using electronic health records (EHRs). The obesity prevalence for 331,641 children was 16.9%. Obesity prevalence at 6-11years (19.5%) and 12-19years (18.9%) were approximately double the prevalence of obesity among children 2-5years (9.9%). The highest prevalence of severe obesity occurred in rural Florida (21.7%) and non-Hispanic children with multiple races had the highest obesity prevalence (21.1%) across all racial/ethnic groups. Our results highlight EHR as a low-cost alternative to estimate the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in Florida children, both overall and within subpopulations.

Author List

Lemas DJ, Cardel MI, Filipp SL, Hall J, Essner RZ, Smith SR, Nadglowski J, Donahoo WT, Cooper-DeHoff RM, Nelson DR, Hogan WR, Shenkman EA, Gurka MJ, Janicke DM

Author

William R. Hogan MD Director, Professor in the Data Science Institute department at Medical College of Wisconsin




MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold

Adolescent
Child
Child, Preschool
Electronic Health Records
Female
Florida
Humans
Male
Obesity, Morbid
Pediatric Obesity
Prevalence
Rural Population
Young Adult