The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 26-31.e2 , July 2010

Prevalence of Extreme Obesity in a Multiethnic Cohort of Children and Adolescents

  • Corinna Koebnick, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Corinna Koebnick, PhD, Dept of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 Los Robles, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101.
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  • Ning Smith, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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  • Karen J. Coleman, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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  • Darios Getahun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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  • Kristi Reynolds, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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  • Virginia P. Quinn, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
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  • Amy H. Porter, MD

      Affiliations

    • Baldwin Park Medical Center, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Baldwin Park, CA
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  • Jack K. Der-Sarkissian, MD

      Affiliations

    • Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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  • Steven J. Jacobsen, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA

Received 21 September 2009 ,Revised 2 December 2009 ,Accepted 15 January 2010.

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 This research was supported by Kaiser Permanente Direct Community Benefit Funds. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0022-3476(10)00040-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.025

The Journal of Pediatrics
Volume 157, Issue 1 , Pages 26-31.e2 , July 2010

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