Table 1. Prevalence of overweight among children and adolescents ages 6-19 years, for selected years 1963-65 through 1999-2002
Age (years)1 |
NHANES |
NHANES |
NHANES |
NHANES |
NHANES |
NHANES 2001-02 |
NHANES 2003-04 |
6-11 |
4.2 |
4 |
6.5 |
11.3 |
15.1 |
16.3 | 18.8 |
12-19 |
4.6 |
6.1 |
5 |
10.5 |
14.8 |
16.7 | 17.4 |
1Excludes
pregnant women starting with 1971-74. Pregnancy status not available for
1963-65 and 1966-70.
2Data for 1963-65 are for children 6-11 years of age; data for
1966-70 are for adolescents 12-17 years of age, not 12-19 years.