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Obesity prevalence among children and adolescents U.S. by gender and age 2015-2016

Obesity prevalence among children and adolescents in the U.S. in 2015-2016, by gender and age

The data describes the obesity prevalence among children and adolescents aged between 2 and 19 years in the U.S. in the period 2015-2016, sorted by gender and age. In that period, the obesity prevalence was overall highest for U.S. children aged between 12 and 19 years.

All 18.5 13.9 18.4 20.6
Boys 19.1 14.3 20.4 20.2
Girls 17.8 13.5 16.3 20.9