Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Apr 2009
Prevalence of obesity among US preschool children in different racial and ethnic groups.
To estimate the prevalence of obesity in 5 major racial/ethnic groups in 4-year-old US children. ⋯ Racial/ethnic disparities in obesity are apparent in 4-year-old US children. The highest prevalence is in American Indian/Native Alaskan children, in whom obesity is twice as common as in non-Hispanic white or Asian children.
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Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med · Apr 2009
Editorial CommentSchool-based interventions: where do we go next?