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Obesity is body mass index (BMI) at or above the sex- and age-specific 95th percentile BMI cutoff points from the 2000 CDC growth charts.
CDC indicates Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Source: CDC/National Center for Health Statistics, Health, United States, 2015, Figure 8 and Table 59. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).18
