RT Journal
A1 Ogden CL, Kit BK, Flegal KM
T1 OBesity in us children and adults—reply
JF JAMA
JO JAMA
YR 2012
FD May 23
VO 307
IS 20
SP 2145
OP 2146
DO 10.1001/jama.2012.4728
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2012.4728
AB 
In Reply: Drs Sauaia and Byers raise concerns about not including socioeconomic status in our analyses of trends in obesity using NHANES data. The objectives of these articles were to present the most recent national estimates of obesity prevalence and analyze trends between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010. Reducing disparities by race and ethnicity is a national priority1 and monitoring trends by these characteristics2 is important. However, the intent of our study was not to examine the determinants of obesity.