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Prevalence of Excess Adiposity by Body Mass Index Category Among US Children and Adolescents

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.4291

November 03, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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This cross-sectional study examines National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data for children and adolescents to compare the prevalences of excess adiposity across categories of body mass index in defining a diagnosis of obesity.

Corresponding Author: Mona Sharifi, MD, MPH, Department of Pediatrics, Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St, PO Box 208064, New Haven, CT 06520 (mona.sharifi@yale.edu).

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