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
1963-65
1966-702

NHANES
1971-74

NHANES
1976-80

NHANES
1988-94

NHANES
1999-2000

 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.