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Obesity in America at 'historic' levels
Between the most recent National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (2015– 2016) and the 1988–1994 survey, there has been an extraordinary increase in the adult obesity rate of more than 70 percent and an increase in a childhood obesity rate of 85 percent.
TFAH defines obesity in the report as an individual with a Body Mass Index of 30 or above.
The report said that as of the latest data in 2016, nearly 40 percent of American adults are considered obese. 18.5% of children and teens are reported as obese.
New 2018 data from the Behavioral RiskFactor Surveillance System (BRFSS) show that adult obesity rates across the United States are continuing to climb. In 2018, nine states had adult obesity rates above 35 percent—including Kentucky, Missouri, and North Dakota for the first time—and more than half of adults in every state were either overweight or had obesity.
But while obesity rates have reached an all-time high for the nation as a whole, the report says that certain racial groups have been hit harder by obesity.
The report indicates that obesity rates are higher in certain populations where social and economic conditions contribute to persistent health inequities—almost half of Latino (47 percent) and
African American (46.8 percent) adults had obesity in 2015–2016, which is 24 percent higher than Caucasians (37.9 percent)
https://www.wfmj.com/story/41041038/report-obesity-in-america-at-historic-levels
Between the most recent National Health and Nutrition
Examination Survey (2015– 2016) and the 1988–1994 survey, there has been an extraordinary increase in the adult obesity rate of more than 70 percent and an increase in a childhood obesity rate of 85 percent.
TFAH defines obesity in the report as an individual with a Body Mass Index of 30 or above.
The report said that as of the latest data in 2016, nearly 40 percent of American adults are considered obese. 18.5% of children and teens are reported as obese.
New 2018 data from the Behavioral RiskFactor Surveillance System (BRFSS) show that adult obesity rates across the United States are continuing to climb. In 2018, nine states had adult obesity rates above 35 percent—including Kentucky, Missouri, and North Dakota for the first time—and more than half of adults in every state were either overweight or had obesity.
But while obesity rates have reached an all-time high for the nation as a whole, the report says that certain racial groups have been hit harder by obesity.
The report indicates that obesity rates are higher in certain populations where social and economic conditions contribute to persistent health inequities—almost half of Latino (47 percent) and
African American (46.8 percent) adults had obesity in 2015–2016, which is 24 percent higher than Caucasians (37.9 percent)
https://www.wfmj.com/story/41041038/report-obesity-in-america-at-historic-levels
