Trends in obesity prevalence by race and Hispanic origin—1999-2000 to 2017-2018

CL Ogden, CD Fryar, CB Martin, DS Freedman… - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
Methods| Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), a
cross-sectional survey of the civilian noninstitutionalized US population, were used.
Participants older than 17 years provided consent; for those younger than 18 years, parental
permission was obtained, and documented assent was obtained for 7 through 17 years.
NHANES was approved by the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Research
Ethics Review Board. The response rate was 76.0% during 1999-2000 and declined to …