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19-3.

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Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Reduction in Overweight or Obese Children and Adolescents*

1988–94
Baseline

2010
Target

 

 

Percent

19-3a.

Children aged 6 to 11 years

11

5

19-3b.

Adolescents aged 12 to 19 years

11

5

19-3c.

Children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years

11

5

*Defined as at or above the gender- and age-specific 95th percentile of BMI based on the revised CDC Growth Charts for the United States.

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.



Children and Adolescents Aged 6 to 19 Years, 1988–94 (unless noted)

Overweight or Obese

19-3a.
Children Aged
6 to 11 Years

19-3b.
Adolescents Aged 12 to 19 Years

19-3c.
Children and Adolescents Aged
6 to 19 Years

Percent

TOTAL

11

11

11

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DSU

DSU

DNA

Asian or Pacific Islander

DSU

DSU

DNA

Asian

DNC

DNC

DNC

Native Hawaiian and
other Pacific Islander

DNC

DNC

DNC

Black or African American

15

13

14

White

11

11

11

 

Hispanic or Latino

DSU

DSU

DSU

Mexican American

17

14

15

Not Hispanic or Latino

11

10

11

Black or African American

15

13

14

White

10

10

10

Gender

Female

11

10

10

Male

12

11

12

Family income level*

Lower income (<130 percent of poverty threshold)

11

16

13

Higher income (>130 percent of poverty threshold)

11

8

10

Disability status

Persons with disabilities

DSU
(1991–94)

DSU
(1991–94)

DSU
(1991–94)

Persons without disabilities

13 (1991–94)

11 (1991–94)

12 (1991–94)

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
*A household income below 130 percent of poverty threshold is used by the Food Stamp Program.