{"doi":"10.1093/epirev/mxm007","title":"The Obesity Epidemic in the United States Gender, Age, Socioeconomic, Racial/Ethnic, and Geographic Characteristics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis","abstract":null,"journal":"Epidemiologic Reviews","year":2007,"id":622510,"datarank":1.1914076310860688,"base_score":7.942717540573791,"endowment":7.942717540573791,"self_citation_contribution":1.1914076310860688,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":1.1914076310860688,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":2814,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":16,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":null,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":false,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":null,"fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":1608472,"name":"M. A. Beydoun","orcid":null,"position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":573664,"name":"Y. Wang","orcid":"0000-0001-9849-0682","position":0,"is_corresponding":false}],"reference_count":0,"raw_metadata":{"has_enrichment":true,"resolved":true,"title":"The Obesity Epidemic in the United States Gender, Age, Socioeconomic, Racial/Ethnic, and Geographic Characteristics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Regression Analysis","abstract":"This review of the obesity epidemic provides a comprehensive description of the current situation, time trends, and disparities across gender, age, socioeconomic status, racial/ethnic groups, and geographic regions in the United States based on national data. The authors searched studies published between 1990 and 2006. Adult overweight and obesity were defined by using body mass index (weight (kg)/height (m)(2)) cutpoints of 25 and 30, respectively; childhood \"at risk for overweight\" and overweight were defined as the 85th and 95th percentiles of body mass index. Average annual increase in and future projections for prevalence were estimated by using linear regression models. Among adults, obesity prevalence increased from 13% to 32% between the 1960s and 2004. Currently, 66% of adults are overweight or obese; 16% of children and adolescents are overweight and 34% are at risk of overweight. Minority and low-socioeconomic-status groups are disproportionately affected at all ages. Annual increases in prevalence ranged from 0.3 to 0.9 percentage points across groups. By 2015, 75% of adults will be overweight or obese, and 41% will be obese. In conclusion, obesity has increased at an alarming rate in the United States over the past three decades. The associations of obesity with gender, age, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status are complex and dynamic. Related population-based programs and policies are needed.","is_dataset_classified":null,"base_score":7.942717540573791,"endowment":7.942717540573791,"datacite_reuse_total":16,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"views":0,"has_version_chain":false,"is_dataset":false,"is_oa":false,"pmid":"17510091","pmcid":null,"openalex_id":"https://openalex.org/W2139727647","authors":[],"funders":[{"funder_name":"NIDDK NIH HHS","grant_id":"R01 DK 63383","title":null}],"total_grants":1,"fwci":25.696,"citation_percentile":1.0,"influential_citations":0,"citation_trend":[{"year":2012,"count":256},{"year":2013,"count":228},{"year":2014,"count":241},{"year":2015,"count":227},{"year":2016,"count":206},{"year":2017,"count":165},{"year":2018,"count":181},{"year":2019,"count":145},{"year":2020,"count":107},{"year":2021,"count":109},{"year":2022,"count":73},{"year":2023,"count":65},{"year":2024,"count":65},{"year":2025,"count":39},{"year":2026,"count":14}],"oa_status":"bronze","license":null,"oa_locations":[{"url":"https://academic.oup.com/epirev/article-pdf/29/1/6/6730033/mxm007.pdf","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://academic.oup.com/epirev/article-pdf/29/1/6/6730033/mxm007.pdf","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"http://academic.oup.com/epirev/article-pdf/29/1/6/6730033/mxm007.pdf","host_type":"publisher"},{"url":"https://doi.org/10.1093/epirev/mxm007","host_type":"journal"},{"url":"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17510091","host_type":"repository"},{"url":"http://epirev.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/mxm007v1","host_type":"repository"}],"fields_of_study":["Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet","Obesity and Health Practices","Health and Lifestyle Studies"],"mesh_terms":["Geography","Humans","Minority Groups","Obesity","Risk Factors","Social Class","United States","Body Mass Index","Prevalence","Racial Groups"],"keywords":["Overweight","Medicine","Socioeconomic status","Body mass index","Obesity","Demography","Ethnic group","Population","Gerontology","Percentile","Environmental health","Internal medicine"],"sdg_mappings":[{"sdg_number":0,"sdg_label":"Good health and well-being"}],"linked_datasets":[{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.16900722.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Somatic complaints as a mediator in the association between body mass index and quality of life in children and adolescents","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.16900722","title":"Additional file 1 of Somatic complaints as a mediator in the association between body mass index and quality of life in children and adolescents","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.16986682.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Demographic and sociocultural risk factors for adulthood weight gain in Hispanic/Latinos: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.16986682","title":"Additional file 1 of Demographic and sociocultural risk factors for adulthood weight gain in Hispanic/Latinos: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL)","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.20626391.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Heterogeneity in grocery shopping patterns among low-income minority women in public housing","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.20626391","title":"Additional file 1 of Heterogeneity in grocery shopping patterns among low-income minority women in public housing","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.22612403.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Nomogram for predicting the overall survival of underweight patients with colorectal cancer: a clinical study","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.22612403","title":"Additional file 1 of Nomogram for predicting the overall survival of underweight patients with colorectal cancer: a clinical study","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.22612406.v1","title":"Additional file 2 of Nomogram for predicting the overall survival of underweight patients with colorectal cancer: a clinical study","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.22612406","title":"Additional file 2 of Nomogram for predicting the overall survival of underweight patients with colorectal cancer: a clinical study","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.24779270.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Prediction of BMI traits in the Chinese population based on the gut metagenome","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.24779270","title":"Additional file 1 of Prediction of BMI traits in the Chinese population based on the gut metagenome","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.26341939.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Association between organophosphorus pesticides and obesity among American adults","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.26341939","title":"Additional file 1 of Association between organophosphorus pesticides and obesity among American adults","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.26713960.v1","title":"Additional file 1 of Cholesterol mediates the effects of single and multiple environmental phenols in urine on obesity","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"},{"doi":"10.6084/m9.figshare.26713960","title":"Additional file 1 of Cholesterol mediates the effects of single and multiple environmental phenols in urine on obesity","publisher":"figshare","resource_type":"JournalArticle"}],"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"database_accessions":[],"source":"live","citation_network_status":"fetched"},"created_at":"2026-08-03T19:53:35.465988Z","pmid":null,"pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}