Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents with obesity — NWS‑04 Data

This objective is a Leading Health Indicator (LHI). Learn about LHIs.

Status: Little or no detectable change

Most Recent Data:
19.7 percent (2017-20)

Target:
15.5 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
17.8 percent of children and adolescents aged 2 to 19 years had obesity in 2013-16

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Population	2013-16	2017-20
Total	17.8 CI 16.1 / 19.6 SE 0.835	19.7 CI 17.9 / 21.6 SE 0.876

Data Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC/NCHS

Obesity among children and adolescents by

#: Standard errors and confidence intervals are not available for this population group.

◊: Unless otherwise noted, data represent "percent, 2–19 years"

†: Target is not applicable for this demographic group.

DSU: Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNA: Data have not been analyzed.

DNC: Data for specific population not collected.

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