NCHS Data Briefs

NCHS Data Briefs from the National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The following reports have been added:

Prevalence of Obesity Among Children and Adolescents in the United States and Canada.
[French version] - Prévalence de l’obésité chez les enfants et les adolescents aux États-Unis et au Canada.

This report addresses the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents in the United States and Canada. The prevalence of childhood obesity was lower in Canada than in the United States. This difference was particularly pronounced in girls compared with boys.

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