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Positive and negative predictive values are dependent on prevalence and are reported here for this study population only.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results:<\/jats:italic> The 50th and 75th weight\u2010for\u2010age percentiles had good sensitivity (100% and 99.6%, respectively), but poor positive predictive value (23.7% and 37.0%, respectively), while the 95th and 97th percentiles had reasonable positive predictive value (80.3% and 91.5%, respectively), but limited sensitivity (82.0% and 66.7%, respectively) to identify overweight subjects. The properties of weight\u2010for\u2010age percentiles to identify overweight subjects differed between sex, age, and race\/ethnicity but remain within a relatively narrow range.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Discussion:<\/jats:italic> No single weight\u2010for\u2010age cut\u2010off point was found to identify overweight children and adolescents with acceptable values for all properties and, therefore, cannot be used in the clinical setting. Furthermore, the positive predictive values reported here may be lower in populations with a lower prevalence of obesity. 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