Prevalence of Obesity and Severe Obesity in US Children, 1999–2016

To provide updated prevalence data on obesity trends among US children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years from a nationally representative sample.We used the NHANES for years 1999 to 2016. Weight status was determined by using measured height and weight from the physical examination component of the NHANES to calculate age- and sex-specific BMI. We report the prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity (class I, class II, and class III) by...