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This year’s State of Obesity report marks the 20th annual report from Trust for America’s Health (TFAH) on obesity in the United States. During that time, we have seen obesity rates rise across states, ages, sexes, racial/ethnic groups, and income.1,2,3,4,5,6 We have also seen ultra-processed food
According to the 2017–2018 NHANES data. Among children and adolescents ages 2 to 19, about 1 in 6 (16.1%) are overweight, more than 1 in 6 (19.3%) have obesity, and about 1 in 18 (6.1%) have severe obesity. Prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents ages 2 to 19 years: United States, 2017–2018 NHANES data3.
Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Notes: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Expanded Database: Overweight (Survey Estimates), May 2023, New York. For more information about the methodology, please consult https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-2023-country-
Nationally, 41.9 percent of adults have obesity. Black and Latino adults have the highest obesity rates at 49.9 percent and 45.6 percent respectively. People living in rural communities have higher rates of obesity than people living in urban and suburban areas.
7 Φεβ 2024 · Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity among women in the United States from 1988-1994 to 2017-2018. Share of U.S. adults who were obese from 1988 to 2018, by ethnicity. Share of...
Results from the 2017–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), using measured heights and weights, indicate that an estimated 42.5% of U.S. adults aged 20 and over have obesity, including 9.0% with severe obesity, and another 31.1% are overweight.
Trust for America’s Health’s (TFAH) 19th annual report on the nation’s obesity crisis found that 19 states have obesity rates over 35 percent, up from 16 states in 2021, and that social and economic factors are key drivers of increasing obesity rates.
