Objectively measured pediatric obesity prevalence using the OneFlorida Clinical Research Consortium

Obes Res Clin Pract. 2019 Jan-Feb;13(1):12-15. doi: 10.1016/j.orcp.2018.10.002. Epub 2018 Nov 1.

Abstract

We characterized the prevalence of obesity among Florida children 2-19years old using electronic health records (EHRs). The obesity prevalence for 331,641 children was 16.9%. Obesity prevalence at 6-11years (19.5%) and 12-19years (18.9%) were approximately double the prevalence of obesity among children 2-5years (9.9%). The highest prevalence of severe obesity occurred in rural Florida (21.7%) and non-Hispanic children with multiple races had the highest obesity prevalence (21.1%) across all racial/ethnic groups. Our results highlight EHR as a low-cost alternative to estimate the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in Florida children, both overall and within subpopulations.

Keywords: Childhood obesity; Electronic health records; NHANES; Severe obesity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electronic Health Records / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Florida / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Obesity, Morbid / epidemiology*
  • Pediatric Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Prevalence
  • Rural Population / statistics & numerical data
  • Young Adult