Adjusting for Pubertal Status Reduces Overweight and Obesity Prevalence in the United States.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare pediatric overweight and obesity prevalence among non-Hispanic white, Mexican American, and non-Hispanic black US youths before and after adjusting body mass index (BMI) for pubertal status, as assessed by Tanner stage.

Study design

We analyzed cross-sectional anthropometric and pubertal data from non-Hispanic white, Mexican American, and non-Hispanic black youths in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III. We developed specialized Tanner stage and chronological age-adjusted models to establish Tanner-stage adjusted BMI z-scores, which were then used to determine adjusted overweight/obesity prevalence. We compared pediatric overweight/obesity prevalence before and after pubertal status adjustment.

Results

Among 3206 youth

SUBMITTER: Bomberg EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8005467 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature