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To examine time trends in parental reports of health professional notification of childhood overweight over the last decade and to determine the characteristics most associated with such notification.

Secondary data analysis using χ² tests to examine the relationships between multiple factors on the reports of parents and/or caregivers (hereinafter “parents”) and logistic regression for multivariate analysis.

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999 through 2008.

Parents of 4985 children aged 2 to 15 years with body mass index (BMI) in the 85th percentile or higher based on measured height and weight.

Affirmative answer to the following question: “Has a doctor or health professional ever told you that your child is overweight?”

During 1999 through 2008, 22% of parents of children with BMIs in the 85th percentile or higher reported having …