Findings
Graph HS-8, Overweight and Obesity by Age: United States 1960-2002
Sources: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Examination Survey and National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Notes: Percents for adults are age adjusted. For adults: "overweight inducing obese" is defined as a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25, "overweight but not obese" as a BMI greater than 25 but less than 30, and "obese" as a BMI greater than or equal to 30. For children: "overweight" is defined as a BMI at or above the sex- and age-specific 95th percentile BMI cut points from the 2000 CDC Growth Charts: United States. "Obese" is not defined for children.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2004.