• American Indian/Alaska Native women are more likely than White women to be obese.¹
• Over half of American Indian/Alaska Native women are overweight.¹
• American Indian/Alaskan Natives are 1.6 times as likely to be obese than Non-Hispanic whites.
• American Indian or Alaska Native adults (30.4%) were as likely as Black adults (30.8%) and less likely than White adults (40.9%) and Asian adults (62.8%) to be a healthy weight.²
• American Indian or Alaska Native women (29.4%) were less likely than Black women (36.6%) and more likely than White women (20.3%) and Asian women (5.8%) to be obese.²

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are overweight but not obese, 2006. (Persons are considered overweight if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or greater.) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)

American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
38.1	34.5	1.1

Source:  :CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 31.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf[PDF, 3.7MB]

Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who are obese, 1999-2003. (Persons are considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or greater.)

	American Indian/Alaska Native	White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ White Ratio
Men & Women	34.0	21.3	1.6
Men	38.5	22.3	1.7
Women	29.4	20.3	1.4

Source:  : CDC 2005. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 1999-2003. Advance Data (356), Table 2.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf[PDF, 632KB]

HEALTH IMPACT OF OBESITY

• More than 80 percent of people with type 2 diabetes are overweight.³
• People who are overweight are more likely to suffer from high blood pressure, high levels of blood fats, and LDL cholesterol (“a fatlike substance”) -- all risk factors for heart disease and stroke.³
• American Indian or Alaska Native adults (26.2%) were as likely as Asian adults (29.0%) and black adults (24.4%), but less likely than white adults (33.1%), to engage in regular leisure-time physical activity.²

Physical Activity:

Inactive physical activity among adults 18 & over: 2006

American Indian	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
32.8	35.3	0.9

Source:  :CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 73.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF, 475KB]

Some Leisure Time Physical Activity Among Adults 18 & over: 2006

American Indian	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
37.8	31.0	1.2

Source:  :CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 73.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF, 475KB]

Regular Leisure Physical Activity Among Adults 18 & over: 2006

American Indian	Non-Hispanic White	African American/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
29.5	33.8	0.9

Source:  :CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 73.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF, 475KB]

Diabetes:

Age-adjusted percentages of persons 18 years of age and over with diabetes, 1999-2003

	American Indian/Alaska Native	White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ White Ratio
Men & Women	13.2	5.7	2.3
Men	14.3	6.4	2.2
Women	12.1	5.3	2.3

Source:  : CDC 2005. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 1999-2003. Advance Data (356), Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf[PDF, 632KB]

Age-Adjusted Diabetes Death Rates per 100,000 (2005)

American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
41.5	21.5	1.9

Source:  :CDC, 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 29.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF, 475KB]

Heart Disease:

Age-adjusted percentages of heart disease among persons 18 years of age and over, 1999-2003

	American Indian/Alaska Native	White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ White Ratio
Men & Women	13.6	11.5	1.2
Men	13.3	12.5	1.1
Women	14.2	10.8	1.3

Source:  : CDC 2005. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 1999-2003. Advance Data (356), Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf[PDF, 632KB]

Age-Adjusted Heart Disease Death Rates per 100,000 (2005)

	American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	173.2	262.2	0.7
Women	115.9	170.3	0.7

Source:  :CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 36.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF, 475KB]

Stroke:

Age-adjusted percentages of stroke among persons 18 years of age and over, 1999-2003

	American Indian/Alaska Native	White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ White Ratio
Men & Women	3.6	2.2	1.6
Men	--	2.3	--
Women	4.3	2.1	2.0

Source:  : CDC 2005. Health Characteristics of the American Indian and Alaska Native Adult Population: United States, 1999-2003. Advance Data (356), Table 4.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/ad/ad356.pdf[PDF, 632KB]

Age-Adjusted Stroke Death Rates per 100,000 (2005)

	American Indian/Alaska Native	Non-Hispanic White	American Indian/Alaska Native/ Non-Hispanic White Ratio
Men	31.3	44.8	0.7
Women	37.1	44.4	0.8

Source:  :CDC 2007. Health United States, 2007. Table 37
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hus/hus07.pdf[PDF, 475KB]

http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2006/Obesity2006Report.pdf