Cynthia Ogden
Cynthia Ogden
detect increase surprised
I didn't know if we would be able to detect an increase and I was surprised that we did. It's a concern, especially in children.
bad definitely good near news nowhere
There's good news and bad news. We're definitely nowhere near being out of the woods.
children concerned increase obese overweight seeing
I was particularly concerned about seeing the increase in children, because we know that children who are overweight often become obese adults.
good obesity
It does look good for women. Obesity may be stabilizing.
obviously
Obviously there has to be some upper limit. I just don't know where it's going to be.
among children obese overweight short surprised time trend
I was surprised that we could see an upward trend in such a short time among overweight children and obese men.
data few hopefully leveling looks next
It looks like it's leveling off. We'll need more data over the next few years to know for sure, but hopefully we'll see this continue, which would be terrific.
childhood obese overweight patterns
It's during childhood that our patterns often are set. Overweight adolescents often become obese adults.
both boys increase men obesity overweight seen
We've seen an increase in obesity in men and we've seen an increase in overweight in both boys and girls.
children overweight percent third
About 17 percent of children are overweight and about a third of adults are obese.