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| lifeskim:mentions | |
| pubmed:issue |
6 Suppl
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| pubmed:dateCreated |
1991-6-20
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| pubmed:abstractText |
Obesity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular diseases and non-insulin-dependent diabetes, which are chronic diseases that afflict American Indians and Alaska Natives today. Because American Indians are not represented in most national health and nutrition surveys, there is a paucity of data on actual prevalence of obesity in American Indians. We estimated prevalence of overweight and obesity for American Indian adults, school-age children, and preschool children from existing data. The prevalence of obesity in adults was estimated from self-reported weights and heights obtained from a special survey of American Indians performed as part of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey. Prevalence of obesity in American Indians was 13.7% for men and 16.5% for women, which was higher than the US rates of 9.1% and 8.2%, respectively. Obesity rates in American Indian adolescents and preschool children were higher than the respective rates for US all-races combined.
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| pubmed:language |
eng
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| pubmed:journal | |
| pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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| pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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| pubmed:month |
Jun
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| pubmed:issn |
0002-9165
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| pubmed:author | |
| pubmed:issnType |
Print
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| pubmed:volume |
53
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| pubmed:owner |
NLM
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| pubmed:authorsComplete |
N
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| pubmed:pagination |
1535S-1542S
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| pubmed:dateRevised |
2004-11-17
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| pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Adolescent,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Adult,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Alaska,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Body Mass Index,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Cardiovascular Diseases,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Child,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Child, Preschool,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Health Surveys,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Indians, North American,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Infant,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Obesity,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Prevalence,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Questionnaires,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Risk Factors,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-Skinfold Thickness,
pubmed-meshheading:2031484-United States
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| pubmed:year |
1991
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| pubmed:articleTitle |
Prevalence of obesity in American Indians and Alaska Natives.
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| pubmed:affiliation |
Indian Health Service Diabetes Program, US Public Health Service, Albuquerque, NM.
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| pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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