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Table 1 Reported % overweight/obese among Asian American children, by subgroup

From: Obesity and understudied minority children: existing challenges and opportunities in epidemiology

Population Source

Jain, 2012 [19]

Guerrero, 2015 [17]

Diep, 2017 a [20]

APIAHF b [21]

Children aged 4; Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (ECLS)–Birth Cohort, 2001

Children aged 2–11; California Health Interview Surveys, 2007–09 & 2011–12

Children attending kindergarten- 2nd grade; Early Childhood Longitudinal Study –Kindergarten Class, 2010–11

Children/adolescents aged 2–19; National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2011–14

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

Chinese

400

(23.5)

717

(27.8)

300

(11.2)

185

(11.8)

Japanese

50

(24.0)

227

(42.1)

–

 

91

(18.1)

Filipino

150

(28.4)

455

(39.6)

100

(24.8)

111

(29.5)

Asian India/South Asian

100

(15.6)

403

(27.1)

350

(17.9)

256

(18.4)

Korean

50

(20.2)

385

(26.8)

–

 

--c

 

Vietnamese

50

(34.7)

625

(34.1)

150

(16.2)

153

(27.3)

Other

300

(29.8)

390

(35.5)

300

(17.1)

–

 
  1. a% consistently overweight/obese
  2. bAsian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
  3. cJapanese/Korean combined into one group