Evaluation of Obesity Trends Among US Adolescents by Socioeconomic Status, 1999-2018

Ryunosuke Goto; Roch Nianogo; Yusuke Okubo; Kosuke Inoue

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1838

Evaluation of Obesity Trends Among US Adolescents by Socioeconomic Status, 1999-2018

JAMA Pediatr. 2022 Sep 1;176(9):937-940. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2022.1838.

Authors

Ryunosuke Goto¹, Roch Nianogo², Yusuke Okubo³, Kosuke Inoue⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Tokyo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles.
³ Department of Social Medicine, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan.
⁴ Department of Social Epidemiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys to evaluate obesity trends among US adolescents from 1999 to 2018, stratified by household income and head of household education level.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Humans
Obesity* / epidemiology
Overweight
Prevalence
Social Class*
Socioeconomic Factors

Grants and funding

K01 MD014163/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS/United States