Asian backgrounds had the highest prevalence of being underweight at 8.7%.
The prevalence of being at risk for exercise addictions was 7 10% in university athletes and 17% in ultra-marathoners.
Co-occurrence of migraine significantly increased the frequency of headache and decreased the prevalence of being headache free.
The prevalence of being offered drugs among total adolescents dropped from 16.3% in 2002 to 12.3% in 2014, constituting a 24.5% reduction.
The prevalence of being dyslipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, and overweight or obese was 62.6%, 39.9%, 18.7%, 27.5%, and 32.6%, respectively.
And they are getting fatter quickly: Between 1991 and 2000, the prevalence of being overweight among U.S. adults increased by 61%, the CDC says.
The prevalence of being headache free increased significantly with age, and this is more so in men than in women, and in those without co-occurrence of migraine than those with the co-occurrence of migraine.
"Compared with the nutrition survey results of 1992, the prevalence of being overweight has increased 39% and the prevalence of obesity increased 97%," the vice minister said, as quoted in newswire reports.
The prevalence of being in fair/poor health for participants in NHANES-III was 28.3% (95% CI: 23.5, 33.2), while the prevalence of being in fair/poor health for OAI participants was substantially lower (5.2% [95% CI: 4.1, 6.3]).
NHANES-III participants maintained a substantially higher prevalence of being in fair/poor health across all subgroups.
In NHANES-III, the prevalence of being in fair/poor health was at least 18% higher regardless of the adjustment procedure.
