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U.S. Obesity Trends 1985�07
During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. This slide set illustrates this trend by mapping the increased prevalence of obesity across each of the states.
In 2007, only one state (Colorado) had a prevalence of obesity less than
20%. Thirty states had a prevalence equal to or greater than 25%; three of
these states (Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee) had a prevalence of
obesity equal to or greater than 30%.
The animated map below shows the United States obesity prevalence from 1985
through 2007.
| Percent of Obese (BMI > 30) in U.S. Adults |
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| State | % | State | % | State | % | State | % |
| Alabama | 30.3 | Illinois | 24.9 | Montana | 21.8 | Rhode Island | 21.4 |
| Alaska | 27.5 | Indiana | 26.8 | Nebraska | 26.0 | South Carolina | 28.4 |
| Arizona | 25.4 | Iowa | 26.9 | Nevada | 24.1 | South Dakota | 26.2 |
| Arkansas | 28.7 | Kansas | 26.9 | New Hampshire | 24.4 | Tennessee | 30.1 |
| California | 22.6 | Kentucky | 27.4 | New Jersey | 23.5 | Texas | 28.1 |
| Colorado | 18.7 | Louisiana | 29.8 | New Mexico | 24.0 | Utah | 21.8 |
| Connecticut | 21.2 | Maine | 24.8 | New York | 25.0 | Vermont | 21.3 |
| Delaware | 27.4 | Maryland | 25.4 | North Carolina | 28.0 | Virginia | 24.3 |
| Washington DC | 21.8 | Massachusetts | 21.3 | North Dakota | 26.5 | Washington | 25.3 |
| Florida | 23.6 | Michigan | 27.7 | Ohio | 27.5 | West Virginia | 29.5 |
| Georgia | 28.2 | Minnesota | 25.6 | Oklahoma | 28.1 | Wisconsin | 24.7 |
| Hawaii | 21.4 | Mississippi | 32.0 | Oregon | 25.5 | Wyoming | 23.7 |
| Idaho | 24.5 | Missouri | 27.5 | Pennsylvania | 27.1 | ||
The data shown in these maps were collected through
the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System (BRFSS). Each year, state health departments use
standard procedures to collect data through a series of monthly telephone
interviews with U.S. adults. Prevalence estimates generated for the maps
may vary slightly from those generated for the states by the BRFSS as slightly
different analytic methods are used.
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Page last updated: July 24, 2008
Content Source: Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion