Abstract
Pediatric nurses are well aware of the marked increase of obesity in children. Abdominal obesity is defined as excess intra-abdominal and subcutaneous abdominal adipose tissue. The prevalence rates of abdominal obesity exceed the prevalence rates of generalized obesity. In the United States, abdominal obesity prevalence rates increased 65.4 and 69.4% for male and female youth, respectively (Li, Ford, Mokdad, & Cook, 2006). These results are similar to increasing abdominal obesity rates in youth worldwide (Chrzanowska & Suder, 2010; Garnett et al., 2005; Mindell, Dinsdale, Ridler, & Rutter, 2012; Moreno, Sarria, Fleta, Marcos, & Bueno, 2005). Increases in waist circumference (WC, a proxy measure for abdominal obesity) have been reported across all body mass index (BMI) categories (normal, overweight, and obese), particularly in young adults, and exceed what would be expected by increases in BMI alone (Walls et al., 2011).
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