Below, please find a chart detailing the prevalance of overweight among children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 years, for selected years 1963-65 through 1999-2002.

Age (Years)
(1)

NHANES
1963-65
1966-70(2)

NHANES
1971-74

NHANES
1976-80

NHANES
1988-94

NHANES
1999-2002

6-11

4

4

7

11

16

12-19

5

6

5

11

16

¹Excludes pregnant women starting with 1971-74. Pregnancy status not available for 1963-65 and 1966-70.
²Data for 1963-65 are for children 6-11 years of age; data for 1966-70 are for adolescents 12-17 years of age, not 12-19 years.

Source: CDC National Center for Health Statistics