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Figure 9 Among women, the prevalence of overweight and obesity generally is higher in women who are members of racial and ethnic minority populations than in non-Hispanic white women. 7 Among men, Mexican Americans have a higher prevalence of overweight and obesity than non-Hispanic whites or non-Hispanic blacks. For non-Hispanic men, the prevalence of overweight and obesity among whites is slightly greater than among blacks. 12
Figure 10: Age-adjusted prevalence of overweight or obesity in selected groups, 1988-1994 70 60 50 40 30 White (Non- Hispanic) Black (Non- Hispanic) Mexican American Men Women SOURCE: Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity Disparities in prevalence of overweight and obesity also exist based on socioeconomic status. 7 For all racial and ethnic groups combined, women of lower socioeconomic status (income 130 percent of the poverty threshold). Men are about equally likely to be obese whether they are in a low or high socioeconomic group. The overweight and obesity epidemic is not limited to adults. What is particularly alarming is that the percentage of young people who are overweight has almost doubled in the last 20 years for children aged 6-11 and almost tripled for adolescents aged 12-19. In children and adolescents, overweight has been defined as a sex- and age- specific BMI at or above the 95 th percentile for a reference population, based on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts Figure 11: Prevalence of Overweight in Children and Adolescents ages 6-19 13
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