Background The prevalence of obesity among US preschoolers has doubled in recent
decades. Childhood obesity increases the risk for adult obesity and is associated with …

Importance More than one-third of adults and 17% of youth in the United States are obese,
although the prevalence remained stable between 2003-2004 and 2009-2010. Objective To …

Importance Childhood obesity is the focus of public health efforts and accurate estimates of
the prevalence and severity of obesity are needed for policy decisions and directions for …

Context The prevalence of childhood obesity increased in the 1980s and 1990s but there
were no significant changes in prevalence between 1999-2000 and 2007-2008 in the …

Childhood obesity increased dramatically in the latter part of the 20th century, making it a
leading public health issue (1). In 2009–2010, 18.2% of US children aged 6 through 19 …

Introduction: Obesity is a public health crisis in the USA. This study aimed to estimate the
prevalence of obesity and severe obesity in US children and adolescents and identify novel …

Importance Previous analyses of obesity trends among children and adolescents showed an
increase between 1988-1994 and 1999-2000, but no change between 2003-2004 and 2011 …

Objective Provide the most recent data on the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity
among United States children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years. Methods The National …

During 1998-2008, the number of federally funded programs reporting data to the CDC's
Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System (PedNSS) varied from 43 to 52. For the year 2008 …

Objective To examine changes in state-specific obesity and overweight prevalence among
US children and adolescents between 2003 and 2007. Design Temporal cross-sectional …