News Obese youth more prone to limb injuries in crashes

crunchierthanthou · Dec 19, 2008

A recent study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy showed that kids who are obese and overweight are more likely to experience injuries to their extremities.

After accounting for potentially mitigating factors -- such as the child's age, sex, and restraint and seating status, as well as the car type, accident type, accident severity, and the driver's age -- the researchers found that there was no significant increase in the overall risk for incurring some kind of moderately severe injury or worse.

However, the risk for incurring a severe injury to the limbs, specifically, was more than two-and-a-half times greater for overweight and obese children versus normal-weight kids.

joolsplus3 · Dec 20, 2008

That's just so sad

BW1426 · Dec 20, 2008

Very interesting. Thanks for linking Crunchy. I just forwarded it to my AAP people. It's scary how far stretching the effects of childhood obesity are

I'm really hoping I can do a project on something carseat related while I'm there, so I'm not letting them forget that it's my top interest

Guest · Feb 5, 2009

I guess it makes sense. Physics and all. Bigger mass means more force once it's moving, plus has greater surface area to smack into something else.

bobandjess99 · Feb 5, 2009

codex57 said:
I guess it makes sense. Physics and all. Bigger mass means more force once it's moving, plus has greater surface area to smack into something else.

something I have wondered also is if fat people are more at risk because fat "squishes" and therefore a harness on a fat preson is sort of like wearing a winter coat in that when it compresses, it is no longer snug?

skaterbabs · Feb 5, 2009

That's certainly a good question. I wonder if the likelihood of premature graduation from one stage to the next has anything to do with it as well.

crunchierthanthou · Feb 5, 2009

skaterbabscpst said:
I wonder if the likelihood of premature graduation from one stage to the next has anything to do with it as well.

according to the quote in my first post, no.

After accounting for potentially mitigating factors -- such as the child's age, sex, and restraint and seating status, as well as the car type, accident type, accident severity, and the driver's age -- the researchers found that there was no significant increase in the overall risk for incurring some kind of moderately severe injury or worse.

skaterbabs · Feb 5, 2009

That's very interesting. I wonder why they think it isn't a factor.

bobandjess99 · Feb 5, 2009

skaterbabscpst said:
That's very interesting. I wonder why they think it isn't a factor.

yes, this..it seems to me like the "obese" 41 lb 2 or 3 year old who "has" to be in a booster(since most people are not yet on the hwh bandwagon) must be more at risk than a child of the same age in a harness seat?
do we have access to the study more than just this clip?

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