In recent decades, severe obesity among children in America has nearly quadrupled, experts said. "We noticed a decade ago that we were kind of outstripping our growth charts," said Dr. Tom Inge ...

In the U.S., the prevalence of obesity and severe obesity has increased since 1980, and in 2017-2018 more than 4.5 million children and adolescents were considered severely obese.

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Updated growth charts released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now extend to a body mass index of 60 — up from previous charts that stopped at a BMI of 37, with ...