Overweight Prevalence
(Data are for the U.S.)
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults age 20 years and over who are overweight or obese: 66%
- 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 2003-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 75
- Overweight children and adolescents by sex, age, race, and Hispanic origin, and poverty status: 1963-65 through 2004-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 76
- Obesity Among Adults in the United States-No Statistically Significant Change Since 2003-2004
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