Prevalence of High Body Mass Index in US Children and Adolescents, 2007-2008

The prevalence of high body mass index (BMI) among children and adolescents in the United States appeared to plateau between 1999 and 2006.To provide the most recent estimates of high BMI among children and adolescents and high weight for recumbent length among infants and toddlers and to analyze trends in prevalence between 1999 and 2008.The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2007-2008, a representative sample of the US population...