● Nearly 69% of U.S. adults are overweight or obese (BMI ≥25 kg/m2), including 71% of men, 66% of women; overall, about 35% of U.S. adults are obese.

● About 15% of U.S. children and adolescents are overweight and 17% are obese.

● Health disparities: the prevalence of overweight or obesity varies by racial/ethnic and socioeconomic groups:

● Women: black women, 82%; Hispanic women, 77%; non-Hispanic white women, 63%.

● Higher-income women are less likely to be obese than low-income women.

● Men: Hispanic men, 79%; non-Hispanic white men, 71%; black men, 69%.

● Youth ages 2 to 19 years: highest prevalence in Hispanic boys and girls (41%; 37%), black boys and girls (34%; 36%), children living in low-income, low-education, and higher-unemployment households.

● Overweight and obesity increase risk of heart disease, numerous types of cancers, type 2 diabetes, stroke, arthritis, sleep apnea, infertility, and depression. Obesity may increase risk of death.

● More than 80% of people with type 2 diabetes and over 20% of people with hypertension are overweight or obese.

● Obesity is increasing worldwide, affecting an estimated 2.1 billion overweight and obese individuals.11 The prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher in developed countries at all ages. In the world’s poorest countries, poverty is associated with underweight and malnutrition; but poverty in a middleincome country adopting a Western lifestyle increases the risk of obesity.

● Only 65% of obese U.S. adults report that health care professionals have told them that they were overweight. Less than half report being advised by a health care professional to lose weight, though obese adults with diabetes are more likely to receive such advice.

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