Table 1.

Pediatric definitions of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity²⁶

Weight status category	Percentile range
Overweight	85th– < 95th percentile
Obesity/class I	100%–120% of the 95th percentile
Severe obesity/class II	120%–140% of the 95th percentile
Severe obesity/class III	>140% of the 95th percentile