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Title
Prevalence and trends of severe obesity among US children and adolescents.
Authors
Skelton, Joseph A; Cook, Stephen R; Auinger, Peggy; Klein, Jonathan D; Barlow, Sarah E
Abstract
To determine the extent to which the 2007 definitions for severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] > or = 99th percentile for age and gender) and morbid obesity (BMI > or = 40kg/m(2)) affects different groups of American children and adolescents and has increased over time.