Table. Prevalence of High Weight for Recumbent Length, Obesity, and Severe Obesity, Birth to 19 Years, by Race and Hispanic Origin: US, 1999-2000 to 2017-2018a.
| Survey years | All, % (95% CI)b | Non-Hispanic White, % (95% CI) | Non-Hispanic Black, % (95% CI) | Mexican American, % (95% CI) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | High weight for length or obesity | Severe obesity | No. | High weight for length or obesity | Severe obesity | No. | High weight for length or obesity | Severe obesity | No. | High weight for length or obesity | Severe obesity | |
| Birth to 23 mo | ||||||||||||
| 1999-2002 | 1338 | 8.5 (6.8-10.4) | 400 | 5.7 (3.7-8.5) | 258 | 11.8 (7.8-16.9) | 510 | 13.0 (9.9-16.5) | ||||
| 2003-2006 | 1588 | 7.8 (6.2-9.6) | 488 | 6.8 (4.7-9.4) | 357 | 7.5 (4.8-11.2) | 579 | 9.6 (7.0-12.7) | ||||
| 2007-2010 | 1422 | 8.7 (7.1-10.5) | 474 | 8.1 (5.5-11.5) | 230 | 7.6 (4.3-12.2) | 463 | 11.7 (8.5-15.6) | ||||
| 2011-2014 | 1193 | 7.6 (6.0-9.6) | 347 | 6.5 (4.1-9.6) | 268 | 9.2 (5.7-13.9) | 273 | 9.7 (5.7-15.3) | ||||
| 2015-2018 | 1165 | 9.2 (7.1-11.8) | 418 | 8.8 (5.8-12.8) | 218 | 10.2 (5.5-17.0) | 248 | 11.3 (5.9-19.1) | ||||
| P valuec | .73 | .30 | .81 | .79 | ||||||||
| Biennial change | 0.1 (−0.3-0.4) | 0.2 (−0.2-0.6) | −0.1 (−0.8-0.6) | −0.1 (−0.8-0.6) | ||||||||
| 2-5 y | ||||||||||||
| 1999-2002 | 1521 | 10.3 (8.0-13.1) | 2.2 (1.2-3.9) | 450 | 8.7 (5.8-12.3) | 2.0 (0.8-4.4)d | 439 | 8.8 (6.0-12.4) | 2.5 (1.2-4.7) | 469 | 13.1 (9.2-17.9) | 2.5 (1.0-5.1) |
| 2003-2006 | 1771 | 12.3 (10.4-14.4) | 2.2 (1.4-3.2) | 498 | 10.6 (7.6-14.1) | 1.4 (0.5-3.4)d | 517 | 14.8 (11.8-18.1) | 3.1 (1.6-5.4) | 558 | 16.7 (12.1-22.1) | 3.7 (2.1-6.1) |
| 2007-2010 | 1756 | 11.1 (9.4-12.9) | 2.2 (1.4-3.3) | 618 | 9.0 (6.6-11.9) | 1.8 (0.6-4.2) | 344 | 15.0 (10.9-19.9) | 3.1 (1.5-5.5) | 471 | 14.6 (11.5-18.1) | 3.1 (1.7-5.1) |
| 2011-2014 | 1714 | 8.9 (7.1-11.0) | 1.7 (1.0-2.7) | 390 | 5.2 (3.1-8.3) | 1.0 (0.2-2.9)d | 485 | 10.4 (7.5-14.0) | 2.1 (0.7-4.8)d | 349 | 15.3 (11.3-20.1) | 2.9 (0.8-7.0)e |
| 2015-2018 | 1491 | 13.7 (12.0-15.5) | 2.2 (1.4-3.5) | 481 | 12.4 (9.6-15.7) | 0.9 (0.1-3.1)d | 361 | 12.5 (8.0-18.4) | 2.7 (0.7-7.2)d,e | 250 | 17.3 (11.8-24.0) | 4.1 (1.8-7.9)e |
| P valuec | .39 | .94 | .69 | .30 | f | .96 | .41 | .67 | ||||
| Biennial change | 0.1 (−0.2-0.5) | 0.0 (−0.2-0.2) | 0.1 (−0.4-0.5) | −0.1 (−0.3-0.1) | f | 0.0 (−0.3-0.3) | 0.3 (−0.5-1.1) | 0.1 (−0.3-0.4) | ||||
| 6-11 y | ||||||||||||
| 1999-2002 | 2213 | 15.8 (13.6-18.3) | 4.8 (3.6-6.2) | 575 | 13.6 (10.5-17.1) | 3.8 (2.3-6.0) | 714 | 19.6 (16.8-22.8) | 6.4 (4.7-8.4) | 745 | 21.8 (18.3-25.7) | 6.2 (4.3-8.5) |
| 2003-2006 | 2096 | 17.0 (14.5-19.7) | 4.6 (3.7-5.6) | 558 | 15.0 (11.2-19.4) | 2.5 (1.3-4.1) | 673 | 21.3 (17.7-25.3) | 8.8 (6.7-11.2) | 671 | 23.7 (19.8-28.1) | 10.4 (7.5-14.0) |
| 2007-2010 | 2410 | 18.8 (17.3-20.4) | 5.4 (4.4-6.5) | 747 | 16.4 (13.9-19.3) | 4.0 (2.7-5.7) | 552 | 23.9 (19.5-28.8) | 8.1 (6.0-10.7) | 675 | 23.3 (20.1-26.8) | 8.6 (5.8-12.0) |
| 2011-2014 | 2562 | 17.5 (15.2-20.1) | 5.6 (4.5-6.9) | 638 | 13.6 (9.8-18.3) | 3.4 (1.6-6.4) | 714 | 21.4 (17.5-25.8) | 8.8 (6.5-11.6) | 537 | 25.3 (21.6-29.2) | 9.2 (6.9-12.0) |
| 2015-2018 | 2292 | 19.3 (16.9-22.0) | 5.8 (4.4-7.4) | 645 | 15.5 (12.4-19.1) | 4.4 (2.7-6.8) | 516 | 22.7 (18.4-27.5) | 8.3 (5.9-11.2) | 471 | 28.2 (23.3-33.4) | 8.9 (6.4-12.0) |
| P valuec | .04 | .11 | .57 | .35 | .20 | .22 | .05 | .33 | ||||
| Biennial change | 0.4 (0.0-0.7) | 0.2 (0.0-0.4) | 0.1 (−0.4-0.6) | 0.1 (−0.1-0.4) | 0.4 (−0.2-0.9) | 0.2 (−0.1-0.5) | 0.7 (0.0-1.3) | 0.2 (−0.2 to 0.5) | ||||
| 12-19 y | ||||||||||||
| 1999-2002 | 4566 | 16.0 (14.5-17.6) | 5.3 (4.4-6.4) | 1143 | 13.7 (11.4-16.2) | 4.1 (2.9-5.5) | 1316 | 21.1 (18.7-23.6) | 8.6 (6.6-10.9) | 1704 | 22.3 (19.7-25.1) | 7.6 (6.1-9.2) |
| 2003-2006 | 4301 | 17.6 (15.1-20.3) | 6.3 (5.0-7.8) | 1139 | 16.0 (12.7-19.7) | 5.5 (4.0-7.3) | 1506 | 22.9 (20.6-25.3) | 11.0 (9.0-13.2) | 1354 | 21.1 (18.3-24.0) | 6.6 (5.1-8.3) |
| 2007-2010 | 2491 | 18.2 (16.1-20.5) | 6.7 (5.0-8.7) | 808 | 15.9 (12.6-19.6) | 5.2 (2.9-8.4) | 602 | 24.1 (20.7-27.7) | 11.9 (9.1-15.1) | 630 | 23.1 (18.9-27.7) | 8.7 (6.4-11.5) |
| 2011-2014 | 2602 | 20.5 (17.8-23.5) | 7.8 (6.3-9.6) | 619 | 19.6 (14.7-25.3) | 6.7 (4.6-9.2) | 711 | 22.6 (18.0-27.8) | 11.6 (8.5-15.4) | 539 | 23.5 (19.6-27.6) | 10.0 (7.6-12.9) |
| 2015-2018 | 2381 | 20.9 (18.5-23.5) | 7.6 (6.1-9.4) | 682 | 15.9 (13.1-19.0) | 4.9 (3.4-6.8) | 539 | 28.2 (23.6-33.3) | 13.0 (9.2-17.7) | 479 | 30.6 (24.8-36.9) | 12.9 (9.2-17.5) |
| P valuec | <.001 | .001 | .06 | .13 | .02 | .05 | .005 | .003 | ||||
| Biennial change | 0.7 (0.3-1.0) | 0.3 (0.1-0.5) | 0.4 (0.0-0.9) | 0.2 (−0.1-0.4) | 0.7 (0.1-1.2) | 0.5 (0.0-0.9) | 1.1 (0.3-1.8) | 0.7 (0.3 to 1.2) | ||||
a
Data are from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey; all estimates except sample sizes are weighted.
b
Includes self-reported race; Hispanic-origin groups not shown separately.
c
The linear trends were conducted using 2-year cycles.
d
Number of individuals with obesity or severe obesity was fewer than 10.
e
Estimate potentially unreliable; CI width more than 5% and relative CI width more than 130%.
f
Increased from 1999-2000 to 2005-2006 (slope, 2.4; 95% CI, CI 07-4.2; P = .007); level after 2005-2006 (slope, −0.7; 95% CI −1.6-0.2; P = .13); slope difference, P = .01.