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U.S. Obesity Rate Inches Up to 27.7% in 2014
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Obesity rate up from 27.1% in 2013 and 25.5% in 2008
- Obesity rate increased most among Americans aged 65+ since 2008
- Americans who are obese have lower well-being
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese continued to trend upward in 2014, reaching 27.7%. This is up more than two percentage points since 2008 and is the highest obesity rate Gallup and Healthways have measured in seven years of tracking it. More Americans who were previously overweight have now moved into the obese category, while the percentage who are at normal weight has remained stable since 2013.
Obesity Rates & Trends Overview
Obesity Rates Remain High
Adults
- More than a third of adults (34.9 percent) were obese as of 2011 to 2012.1 More than two-thirds of adults were overweight or obese (68.6 percent).2
- Nearly 40 percent of middle-aged adults, ages 40 to 59, were obese (39.5 percent), which was more than younger adults, ages 20 to 39 (30.3 percent) or older adults, ages 60 and over (35.4 percent).3
- More than 6 percent of adults were severely obese (body mass index (BMI) of 40 or higher).
- More women than men, ages 20 and over, have higher rates of obesity and extreme obesity (36.1 percent and 8.3 percent versus 33.5 percent and 4.4 percent).4
- Obesity rates were highest among Black (47.8 percent) adults, followed by Latino (42.5 percent) and White (32.6 percent) adults and lowest among Asian American (10.8 perfect) adults.5
Children
- Approximately 17 percent of children and teenagers (ages 2 to 19) were obese from 2011 to 2012, and 31.8 percent were either overweight or obese.6
- More than one-in-12 children (8.4 percent) are obese in early childhood (2- to 5-year-olds).
- By ages 12 to 19, 20.5 percent of children and adolescents were obese.
- More than 2 percent of young children were severely obese, 5 percent of 6-to-11-year-olds were severely obese and 6.5 percent of 12- to 19-year olds were severely obese.7
- Racial and ethnic inequities persist among children also; 22.5 percent of Latino children and 20.2 percent of Black children are obese, compared to 14.1 percent of non-Latino White and 6.8 percent of Asian-American children.
Stabilizing — At a High Rate
Adults
- Over the past 35 years, obesity rates have more than doubled. From 2005 to 2006 to 2011 to 2012, rates remained the same.8 The average American is more than 24 pounds heavier today than in 1960.9
Children
- Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled since 1980.10 The overall rates have remained the same for the past 10 years.11
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