Table 2.

Prevalence of severe obesity in children according to ethnic groups

Author		White	Black	Hispanic	Asian/PI	Other	Age
Skinner et al. [13] USA	Class II	3.9 (2.8, 5.0)	9.0 (6.0, 12.1)	6.1 (6.7, 11.6)	1.4 (−0.3, 3.1)	7.6 (0.0, 15.3)	12–19
2015–2016	Class III	1.1 (0.2, 2.0)	3.8 (1.8, 5.9)	3.3 (2.0, 11.6)	0	0.7 (−0.3, 1.6)
Pan et al. [10] USA 2014	Class II	1.41	1.41	2.58	1.31	American Indian Alaska Native 2.35	2–4
Marcus et al. [27] USA	>99th percentile	4.9	8	7.3			12
2006	Girls	4.1	8.7	6.4		5.7
	Boys	5.8	7.1	8.2		8.0
Skelton et al. [32] USA 1999–2004	>99th percentile	3.1	5.8	5.2		3.7	12–19
Robbins et al. [11] Philadelphia 2012–2013	Class II	5.8	8.3	7.7	1.8	5.3	5–18
Nguyen [1] Philadelphia 2010	Class II	4 (0–20)	9 (6–12)	6 (3–12)	9 (3–19)	6 (2–13)
Kharofa et al. [6]	Class II	4.3	5.6	6.5		3	2–18
Cincinnati OHM 2012–2014	Class III	2.4	3.9	2.8		2
Day et al. [4] New York City 2010–2011	Class II	3.7	6.5	7.2	2.3		5–14
Lo et al. [8] Northern California	Class II						3–5
2007–2010	Girls	1	1.7	2.2	1.0	1.1
	Boys	0.8	1.3	3.3	1.6	1.8
Lo et al. [7] Northern California 2007–2010	Class II	3.8	8.3	8.5	3.5	5.3
Koebnic [47] Southern California 2007–2008	Class II	3.8	8.2	7.9	3.4	6.8	2–19
Farrant et al. [21]	Class II	1 (0.7, 1.3)			Asian 0.9 (0.2, 1.6)		13–18
New Zealand					PI 9 (6.7–11.2)
2007					Maori 4.6 (3.4–5.9)
Utter et al. [22]		1.4 (1.1, 1.7)			Asian 0.8 (0.2, 1.4)
New Zealand					PI 14.0 (10.7, 17.3)
2012					Maori 4.6 (3.3, 5.9)
Shackleton et al. [38]	≥99.7th percentile	2 (2.0–2.1)			Asian 1.8 (1.7, 1.8)		4
New Zealand					PI 7.9 (7.7, 8.0)
2015–2016					Maori 4.2 (4.1, 4.3)
Ells et al. [30] UK	99.6th percentile	1.83	4.46		3.41	3.16	4–5
2006–2013		3.12	6.39		4.38	5.00	10–11
van Dommelen et al. [15]	2–18		Girls	Boys
Holland	Dutch		0.53	0.59
2009	Turkish		1.71	2.53
	Moroccan		1.65	1.07

PI, Pacific Islanders.