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(Data are for U.S. for year indicated)

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years and over who are overweight or obese: 66.3

Percent of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years and over who are obese: 32

Source:  NHANES data on the Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity Among Adults-United States, 2003-2004

Percent of adolescents age 12-19 years who are overweight: 17

Percent of children age 6-11 years who are overweight: 19

Source: Prevalence of Overweight Among Children and Adolescents:  United States, 2003-2004

More data

Overweight, obesity, and healthy weight among persons 20 years of age and over, by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 1960-62 through 2001-2004 Health, United States, 2007, Table 74

Overweight children and adolescents by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 1963-65 through 2001-2004 Health, United States, 2007, Table 75

Obesity Among Adults in the United States-No Statistically Significant Change Since 2003-2004

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