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PubMed ID:
21094439
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2010
Affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. marcusmd@upmc.edu
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2010.04.017
Authors:
Virus A,
Yin Z,
Baranowski T,
DeBar LL,
Edelstein S,
Kaufman FR,
Schneider M,
Siega-Riz AM,
Staten MA,
Marcus MD
Studies:
Middle-School Based Primary Prevention Trial of Type 2 Diabetes
The purpose of this study was to document the prevalence of severe obesity and associated risk in the HEALTHY cohort. A total of 6,365 students were assessed at school-based screenings. Results showed that 6.9% of students were severely obese. Severe obesity was associated with elevated cardiometabolic risk and race/ethnicity. Severe obesity is common and requires preventive intervention.
