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Journal of Pediatric Psychology Advance Access originally published online on November 14, 2006
Journal of Pediatric Psychology 2007 32(1):1-5; doi:10.1093/jpepsy/jsl042
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Introduction to the Special Issue: Pediatric Overweight

Maureen M. Black, PhD1 and Deborah Young-Hyman, PhD2

1Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine and 2Department of Pediatrics, Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia

All correspondence concering this article should be addressed to Maureen Black, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 737 W. Lombard Street, Room 161, Baltimore, MD 21201. Email: mblack@peds.umaryland.edu

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Over the past three decades, overweight has become a major health problem among children and adolescents. Using age- and gender-adjusted growth charts for children, overweight is defined as body mass index (BMI) (weight in kg/height in m2) >=95th percentile and at risk for overweight is defined as BMI >=85th and <95th percentile (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006Go). There is no agreed-upon definition for obesity in children, although the term is often used. To avoid confusion, the articles in this Special Issue have tried to adhere to the formal definitions of overweight and at risk for overweight.

Data from the most recent National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES-IV) show that 17.1% of children and adolescents are overweight, an increase of 2.2% in females and 4.2% in males from 2002 to 2004 (Ogden et al., 2006Go). Not only is the epidemic of overweight increasing among children, . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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