Adolescent Obesity Prevalence: Trends Over Time

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2015^†

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^* ≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2013^†

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^* ≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2011^†

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^* ≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2009^†

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^* ≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2007^†

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^*≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2005^†

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^* ≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.

Percentage of high school students who had obesity,*2003^†

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Download or view 2003 High School YRBS Obesity Map source data table.

^*≥ 95th percentile for body mass index, based on sex- and age-specific reference data from the 2000 CDC growth charts.

^†Previous YRBS reports used the terms overweight to describe those youth with a BMI ≥ to 95th percentile for age and sex and at risk for overweight for those with a BMI ≥ 85th percentile and < 95th percentile. However, the CDC now uses the terms obese and overweight in accordance with the 2007 recommendations from the Expert Committee on the Assessment, Prevention, and Treatment of Child and Adolescent Overweight and Obesity convened by the American Medical Association (AMA) and cofunded by AMA in collaboration with the Health Resources and Services Administration and the CDC.