Childhood Obesity National Study
National Center for Health Statistics
Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents: United States, Trends 1963–1965 Through 2007–2008
June 2010
by Cynthia Ogden, Ph.D., and Margaret Carroll, M.S.P.H., Division of Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys
Healthy People 2010 identified overweight and obesity as 1 of 10 leading health indicators and called for a reduction in the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese, but the United States has made little progress toward the target goal. Progress toward reducing the national prevalence of overweight and obesity is monitored using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Click here to download the study.
