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pediatric obesity  

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  • Within the past decade, the epidemic of overweight has spread to children and adolescents, threatening to compromise their health and to impose a substantial financial burden on the health care system. Data from the 1999 to 2000 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) show that 15% of children and adolescents (aged 6–19) are overweight, a 4% increase from the 1988–1994 estimate and a doubling from the early 1970s (Centers for Disease Control, 2003). [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Obesity, Pediatric]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-QQ5TT08X-J

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