Puerto Rico
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- Obesity prevalence
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National obesity risk *8/10This is a composite ‘obesity risk’ score (out of 10, the highest risk) based on obesity prevalence, rate of increase, likelihood of meeting the 2025 target, treatment indicator and childhood stunting levels.Childhood obesity risk *4/11This is a ‘risk score’ for each country’s likelihood of having or acquiring a major childhood obesity problem during the 2020s, taking account of current prevalence levels and risk for future obesity (based on stunting among infants, maternal obesity, maternal smoking, and breastfeeding rates).
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Children, 2010-2011
| Survey type: | Measured |
| Age: | 12 |
| Sample size: | 1582 |
| References: | Elías-Boneta AR, Toro MJ, Garcia O, Torres R, Palacios C. High prevalence of overweight and obesity among a representative sample of Puerto Rican children. BMC Public Health. 2015 Mar 5;15:219. doi: 10.1186/s12889-015-1549-0. PMID: 25885462; PMCID: PMC4358900. Available at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4358900/ (last accessed 09.03.22) |
| Notes: | A probabilistic sample of 133 schools was selected from a total of 1,843 schools. Ten boys and ten girls were randomly selected from each school using the official student lists provided by the school’s administration. The required sample size was 2,600 children. A total of 1,734 children were contacted and invited to participate, however, some of the selected schools were inactive and others had merged. 152 children were excluded due to school absences and failure to obtain their parent’s written consent. |
| Definitions: | Children were categorized as overweight, or obese using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's age and gender specific growth charts. |
| Cutoffs: | CDC |
