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Overweight Among Children and Adolescents 6–19 Years of Age(percent of population)Age, sex, race,
Hispanic origin,
and poverty
status | Overweight |
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| 1976–80 | 1988–94 | 1999–2002 |
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| 6–11 years of age | | Both sexes | 6.5% | 11.3% | 15.8% | | Boys | 6.6 | 11.6 | 16.9 | | Not Hispanic or Latino: | | | White only | 6.1 | 10.7 | 14.0 | Black or African
American only | 6.8 | 12.3 | 17.0 | | Mexican | 13.3 | 17.5 | 26.5 | | Girls | 6.4 | 11.0 | 14.7 | | Not Hispanic or Latino: | | | White only | 5.2 | 9.8* | 13.1 | Black or African
American only | 11.2 | 17.0 | 22.8 | | Mexican | 9.8 | 15.3 | 17.1 | | Poverty status: | | | | | Poor | — | 11.4 | 19.1 | | Near poor | — | 11.1 | 16.4 | | Nonpoor | — | 11.1 | 14.3 | | 12–19 years of age | | | Both sexes | 5.0% | 10.5% | 16.1% | | Boys | 4.8 | 11.3 | 16.7 | | Not Hispanic or Latino: | | | White only | 3.8 | 11.6 | 14.6 | Black or African
American only | 6.1 | 10.7 | 18.7 | | Mexican | 7.7 | 14.1 | 24.7 | | Girls | 5.3 | 9.7 | 15.4 | | Not Hispanic or Latino: | | | White only | 4.6 | 8.9 | 12.7 | Black or African
American only | 10.7 | 16.3 | 23.6 | | Mexican | 8.8 | 13.4* | 19.9 | | Poverty status: | | | Poor | — | 15.8 | 19.9 | | Near poor | — | 11.2 | 15.2 | | Nonpoor | — | 7.9 | 14.9 |
*Estimates are considered unreliable and have a relative standard error of 20–30 percent. ( —) Data not available. Source: Health, United States, 2005.
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