TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Child and Adolescent Obesity A1 - Gibson, William T A1 - Campbell, Audrey A1 - Frohnert, Brigitte I. A1 - Chanoine, Jean-Pierre A1 - Supérieur, Agrégé de l’Enseignement A2 - Sarafoglou, Kyriakie A2 - Hoffmann, Georg F. A2 - Roth, Karl S. Y1 - 2017 N1 - T2 - Pediatric Endocrinology and Inborn Errors of Metabolism, 2e AB - The last 50 years have seen a marked increase in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in the pediatric population. This deviation from historical norms has been so great that agencies such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have opted to ignore the most recent weight data from their reference populations when generating their newest growth curves for the clinical follow-up of height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) by health professionals. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/11/06 UR - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1140317845 ER -