Source: Journal of the American Medical Association
Summary:
Height and weight were measured for representative samples on U.S. children and adults
Obesity was BMI 30 for adults; 40 was extreme obesity; overweight in children and adolescents was at or above 95th percentile BMI age growth charts
In 2003-04, 17.1% of children and adolescents were overweight and 32.2% of adults were obese; 2.8% of men and 6.9% of women were extremely obese
Conclusion: From 1999-2004, overweight among children and obesity in men increased, whereas obesity rate among women stayed the same, but it was high to start with.
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