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Children and adolescents aged 2-19 are also seeing rates surge, rising from 13.9 percent in 1999-2000 to a record 19.7 percent in 2017-2020. According to the latest survey, the prevalence of obesity increased with age among children and adolescents. Where 12.7 percent of children aged 2-5 years were reported as obese in the latest time frame, the figure was 20.7 percent for 6 to 11-year-olds and 22.2 percent for 12 to 19-year-olds. Just some of the adverse effects linked to obesity are an increased chance of experiencing heart disease, a stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. According to the CDC, when taking into account people who are overweight as well as obese, the share of U.S. adults age 20 and older with a weight issue rises to over 70 percent (2017-2018).