Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents: United States, 2003-2004

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Health Statistics (U.S.)
• Description:
  Results from the 2003-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), using measured heights and weights, indicate that an estimated 17 percent of children and adolescents ages 2-19 years are overweight.
  
  Table 1
  
  shows that overweight increased from 7.2 to 13.9% among 2-5 year olds and from 11 to 19% among 6-11 year olds between 1988-94 and2003-2004. Among adolescents aged 12-19, overweight increased from 11 to 17% during the same period.
  
  
• Content Notes:
  ID45_HEStat_overweight_child_03.pdf
• Subjects:
  Pediatric Obesity
• Source:
  National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
• Series:
  NCHS Health E-Stats
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report ; Statistics
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• CIO:
  National Center for Health Statistics
• Topic:
  Health Statistics
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Collection(s):
  National Center for Health Statistics
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