Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in the United States (1976–2006)
Obesity is defined according to sex- and age-specific body mass index ≥ 95th percentile, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's growth charts.Source: Overweight and Obesity, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Adapted from Physiol & Behavior, 100, Hu FB et al. Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes: Epidemiologic evidence, 47–54, Copyright 2010, with permission from Elsevier.