Playing Smart

Playing Smart changelabsolutions.org | kaboom.org 182 Introduction 1 See the official website of the City of St. Petersburg for more information: www.stpete.org/mentors/andmore. asp#Anchor-49575. 2 See official website of the City of Seattle for more information: www.seattle.gov/parks/Publications/JointUse.htm. Chapter 1 3 Ogden CL, Carroll MD and Flegal KM. “High Body Mass Index for Age among US Children and Adolescents, 2003–2006.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 299(20): 2401–05, 2008. 4 Ogden CL, Carroll MD, McDowell MA and Flegal KM. NCHS Data Brief No.1: Obesity among Adults in the United States—No Change since 2003–2004. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2007, p.1. Available at: www.speoobesidade. pt/Files/Noticias/Files/Obesity%20Among%20Adults%20 in%20the%20United%20States_No%20Change%20Since%20 2003-05.pdf. Data from the most recent NHANES survey shows that among adult men the prevalence of obesity was 31.1% in 2003–2004 and 33.3% in 2005–2006, a small but not statistically significant change. Among adult women, the prevalence of obesity in 2003–2004 was 33.2% and 35.3% in 2005–2006, again a small but not significant change. 5 Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, et al. “Prevalence and Trends in Overweight among US Children and Adolescents, 1999–2000.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 288(14): 1728–32, 2002; Hedley AA, Ogden CL, Johnson CL, et al. “Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among US Children, Adolescents, and Adults, 1999–2002.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 291(23): 2847–50, 2004; Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, et al. “Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the United States, 1999–2004.” Journal of the American Medical Association, 295(13): 1549–55, 2006. 6 Ogden CL and Carroll MD. 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