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Volume 61, No. 7 February 24, 2012 |
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QuickStats: Prevalence of Obesity* Among Adults Aged ≥20 Years, by Race/Ethnicity and Sex — National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, United States, 2009–2010
Weekly
February 24, 2012 / 61(07);130
* Defined as a body mass index (weight [kg] / height [m]2) ≥30.
† 95% confidence interval.
§
Includes other races (i.e., Asians and American Indians/Alaska Natives)
not shown separately because of small sample sizes, which affect
reliability of estimates.
Among adults aged ≥20 years during
2009–2010, 35.5% of men and 35.8% of women were obese. Among men, 38.8%
of non-Hispanic blacks, 37.0% of Hispanics, and 36.2% of non-Hispanic
whites were obese. Among women, 58.5% of non-Hispanic blacks, 41.4% of
Hispanics, and 32.2% of non-Hispanic whites were obese.
Sources: Ogden CL, Carroll MD,
Kit BK, Flegal KM. Prevalence of obesity in the United States,
2009–2010. NCHS data brief no. 82. Hyattsville, MD: US Department of
Health and Human Services, CDC, National Center for Health Statistics;
2012.
Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Kit BK, Ogden
CL. Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index among US adults,
1999–2010. JAMA 2012;307:491–7.
National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010. Available at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes.htm.
Alternate Text: The figure above shows the
prevalence of obesity among adults aged ≥20 years, by race/ethnicity
and Sex in the United States during 2009-2010, according to the National
Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Among adults aged ≥20 years in
2009-2010, 35.5% of men and 35.8% of women were obese. Among men, 38.8%
of non-Hispanic blacks, 37.0% of Hispanics, and 36.2% of non-Hispanic
whites were obese. Among women, 58.5% of non-Hispanic blacks, 41.4% of
Hispanics, and 32.2% of non-Hispanic whites were obese.
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