Prevalence of obesity among U.S. population aged 2–19 years from 1963 to 2018, by age
The prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States has risen gradually over the past few decades. From 2017 to 2018, around 20 percent of U.S. children and adolescents aged 6 to 11 years were obese. This statistic illustrates the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States aged 2–19 years from 1963 to 2018, by age.