Background: There are no current estimates of severe obesity in Canadian children. The
objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of severe obesity in children aged …

Objectives International data suggest the prevalence of severe obesity in young children
may be increasing, yet no Canadian data are available. The objectives of this study were to …

Objective Provide the most recent data on the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity
among United States children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years. Methods The National …

Background: Population monitoring and surveillance of objectively measured child weight
data in Canada is limited to national surveys with poor regional applicability, and no healthy …

Objective This study aimed to use primary care electronic health records to evaluate the
prevalence of overweight and obesity in 2–15-year-old children in England and compare …

Importance Previous analyses of obesity trends among children and adolescents showed an
increase between 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, but no change between 2003-2004 and 2011 …

Objective To investigate secular trends in pediatric obesity in Southern California between
2008 and 2013. Study design In a population-based cohort study, measured weight and …

We characterized the prevalence of obesity among Florida children 2–19 years old using
electronic health records (EHRs). The obesity prevalence for 331,641 children was 16.9 …

Introduction: Severe obesity among children and adolescents has emerged as a public
health concern in multiple places around the world. Methods: We searched the Medline …

Introduction: Obesity is a public health crisis in the USA. This study aimed to estimate the
prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in US children and adolescents and identify novel …