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Objectives: It has been recommended that body mass index (BMI) (weight in kilograms/height in meter 2 ) be used routinely to evaluate obesity in children and adolescents. This report describes the distribution of BMI in children and adolescents in the United States. Methods: Standardized measurements of height and weight from 9 large epidemiologic studies including 66,772 children age 5 to...