Stovitz Steven D, Schwimmer Jeffrey B, Martinez Homero, Story Mary T
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Am J Prev Med. 2008 Feb;34(2):153-60. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.09.034.
Pediatric obesity in the United States has been steadily rising over the past few decades, and it is a clear risk factor for adult obesity and obesity-related morbidity and mortality. A review of the literature from three major national databases reveals that the prevalence rates of obesity within Latino male children and adolescents is, in general, higher than other major gender-ethnic groups. Additionally, obese Latino male youth seem to be especially prone to a variety of obesity-related morbidities. Given the rising percentage of Latinos among our nation's youth, there is an urgency to develop and implement clinical and community research strategies to prevent and treat obesity within this high-risk gender-ethnic group. This article reviews the prevalence of pediatric obesity within the three largest databases in the U.S. with Latino representation. The paper then discusses unique issues in the etiology and ramifications of obesity within young Latino-American boys, reviews the few intervention studies that focus on Latino youth, and discusses potential strategies for further research.
在过去几十年里，美国儿童肥胖率一直在稳步上升，这是导致成人肥胖以及肥胖相关发病和死亡的一个明显风险因素。对来自三个主要国家数据库的文献进行综述后发现，总体而言，拉丁裔男童和青少年的肥胖患病率高于其他主要性别-种族群体。此外，肥胖的拉丁裔青年男性似乎特别容易患上各种与肥胖相关的疾病。鉴于拉丁裔在美国青少年中所占比例不断上升，迫切需要制定和实施临床及社区研究策略，以预防和治疗这个高风险性别-种族群体中的肥胖问题。本文回顾了美国三个最大的有拉丁裔代表性的数据库中儿童肥胖的患病率。接着，本文讨论了美国年轻拉丁裔男孩肥胖病因和后果中的独特问题，回顾了少数针对拉丁裔青少年的干预研究，并探讨了进一步研究的潜在策略。
