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Currently, four in 10 adults in the U.S. have obesity, and nearly 20% of U.S. kids have obesity, according to the report. Report shows 23 states have reached 35% obesity rate; here’s how Texas fares
More than 35% of Black adults in 38 states are obese, the CDC report found. In 34 states, more than 35% of Hispanic people have a BMI of 30 or higher. American Indian and Alaska Natives also had a ...
Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), the United States has the tenth highest rate in the world. The CDC defines an adult (a person aged 20 years or greater) with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater as obese and an adult with a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 as overweight. [4] Obesity in adults is divided into three ...
For the first time in a decade, rates of adult obesity in the United States have dropped, a new study has found.. The study followed nearly 17 million people, the majority of whom were in the 26 ...
English: United States Map of Adult Obesity Prevalence by State (2013). Adult Obesity is the percentage of the adult population (age 20 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2.
By 2015, no state had a prevalence of obesity under 18%; almost all states exceeded 22%, and six states exceeded 26%. [10] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2016 the number of obese people in the United States reached an all-time high of about 93 million, up 33% from 2008. [ 11 ]
WalletHub's report doesn't just take into account a state's obesity rate but also factors in how many adults within a state struggle with obesity-related illnesses such as high blood pressure and ...
English: Percent overweight in the United States of males including obese and extremely obese from 1962 to 2014. A relatively constant 40% (declining slightly) are overweight, but the percent of normal weight has declined, while obesity and extreme obesity have increased. Data from CDC