Prevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Severe Obesity Among Children and Adolescents Ages 2–19 Years: United States, 1963–1965 Through August 2021–August 2023

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• Personal Author:
  Noiman, Adi ; Fryar, Cheryl D. ; Saif, Nadia ; Afful, Joseph
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Body mass index (BMI), expressed as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared (kg/m2), is commonly used to classify obesity among adults and is also recommended for use with children and adolescents. Cutoff criteria are based on the sex-specific BMI-for-age 2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States (https://www.cdc.gov/growthcharts/cdc-growth-charts.htm). Based on recommendations from expert committees, children and adolescents with BMI values at or above the 95th percentile of the growth charts are categorized as having obesity. Severe obesity is BMI at or above 120% of the 95th percentile. This report presents historical trends in overweight, obesity, and severe obesity over time by age, sex, and race and ethnicity among children and adolescents using measured heights and weights from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
• Source:
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Health E-Stats
• DOI:
  https://dx.doi.org/10.15620/cdc/174645
• Document Type:
  Report
• Genre:
  Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  7 Pages
• Issue:
  112
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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