TY - JOUR
T1 - Prevalence of obesity in American Indians and Alaska natives
AU - Broussard, Brenda A.
AU - Johnson, Ayah
AU - Himes, John H.
AU - Story, Mary
AU - Fichtner, Ronald
AU - Hauck, Fern
AU - Bachman-Carter, Karen
AU - Hayes, Joy
AU - Frohlich, Karen
AU - Gray, Norma
AU - Valway, Sarah
AU - Gohdes, Dorothy
PY - 1991/6
Y1 - 1991/6
N2 - Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which are chronic diseases that afflict American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Because American Indians are not represented in most national health and nutrition surveys, there is a paucity of data on actual prevalence of obesity in American Indians. We estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity for American Indian adults, school-age children, and preschool children from existing data. The prevalence of obesity in adults was estimated from self-reported weights and heights obtained from a special survey of American Indians performed as part of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. Prevalence of obesity in American Indians was 13.7% for men and 16.5% for women, which was higher than the US rates of 9.1% and 8.2%, respectively. Obesity rates in American Indian adolescents and preschool children were higher than the respective rates for US all-races combined.
AB - Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which are chronic diseases that afflict American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Because American Indians are not represented in most national health and nutrition surveys, there is a paucity of data on actual prevalence of obesity in American Indians. We estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity for American Indian adults, school-age children, and preschool children from existing data. The prevalence of obesity in adults was estimated from self-reported weights and heights obtained from a special survey of American Indians performed as part of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. Prevalence of obesity in American Indians was 13.7% for men and 16.5% for women, which was higher than the US rates of 9.1% and 8.2%, respectively. Obesity rates in American Indian adolescents and preschool children were higher than the respective rates for US all-races combined.
KW - North American Indians
KW - Obesity
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M3 - Article
C2 - 2031484
AN - SCOPUS:0025785079
SN - 0002-9165
VL - 53
SP - 1535S-1542S
JO - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
JF - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
IS - SUPPL. 6
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