United States Data
Overweight or Obesity
Healthy People 2010 Objective: Reduce the proportion of children and adolescents who are overweight or obese, 12-19 years old
| National Data | Baseline (1988-94) |
Final (2007-08) |
Numeric Change |
2010 Target |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
12- to 19 year-olds
|
10.5%
|
18.1%
|
7.6 |
5.0%
|
United States Data
All the tables below contain data available for the entire United States and this objective.
| Gender | Baseline (1988-94) |
Final (2007-08) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female |
9.7%
|
16.8%
|
7.1
|
| Male |
11.3%
|
19.3%
|
8.0
|
| Race/Ethnicity/Gender | Baseline (1988-94) |
Final (2007-08) |
Numeric Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black: Female |
16.3%
|
29.2%
|
12.9
|
| Black: Male |
10.7%
|
19.8%
|
9.1
|
| Mexican: Female |
13.4%
|
17.4%
|
4.0
|
| Mexican: Male | 14.1% | 26.8% | 12.7 |
| White: Female | 8.9% | 14.5% | 5.6 |
| White: Male | 11.6% | 16.7% | 5.1 |
Source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
