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Table 13.5

(continued)

Country

Index of measurement

Age of children

Date of firs study (% obesity)

Date of second study (% obesity)

Growth of obesity incidence from first to second study

Haiti

g

Weight-for-height >2 SD from median

0–5

1978 (0.8%)

1994/95 (2.8%)

Up 3.5-fold

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nited States,

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d Rona, R. J.

(2001) Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity in three cross-sectional studies of British children, 1974–1994,

BMJ

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Brazil, China, and

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