Definition

Children and teens ages 10 to 17 who are overweight and obese.

Children between the 85th and 95th percentile BMI-for-age are categorized as overweight, and children at or above the 95th percentile BMI-for-age are characterized as obese. The National Survey of Children's Health uses height and weight, as reported by the parent or most knowledgeable adult, to determine a child's Body Mass Index, or BMI, which is used to determine if a child is overweight. The BMI is age- and gender-specific.

Data Source

PRB analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, National Survey of Children’s Health.

Notes

S - Estimates are suppressed when the confidence interval around the percentage is greater than or equal to 20 percentage points or 1.2 times the estimate.

N.A. - Data not available.

A 95 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at
Children and teens ages 10 to 17 who are overweight or obese.

Last Updated

2024-12