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The vast majority of American adults are overweight or obese, and weight is a growing problem among US children SEATTLE—The highest proportion of overweight and obese people – 13% of the global total – live in the United States, a country which accounts for only 5% of the world’s population, according to a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries.
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Obesity in the United States From 1980 to 2008, the prevalence of obesity in children aged 6 to 11 years tripled from 6.5% to 19.6%. The prevalence of obesity in teenagers more than tripled from 5% to 18.1% in the same time frame. As of 2014, about one-third of children and teens in the US are overweight or obese.
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Obesity The Facts. Obesity is a leading cause of preventable illness and death in North America. In recent years, the number of overweight people in industrialized countries has increased significantly, so much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) has called obesity an epidemic. In the United States, over 65% of the adult population is overweight.
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Obesity Statistics in the United States Adults are considered obese when they are about 35 pounds overweight. In 2013, obesity rates among American adults remained high. No state has an obesity rate below 21 percent and rates have risen in six states—Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Wyoming.
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Obesity in the United States The United States had the highest rate of obesity for large countries, until obesity rates in Mexico surpassed those of the United States in 2013. From 13% obesity in 1962, estimates have steadily increased. The following statistics comprise adults age 20 and over living at or near the poverty level.The obesity percentages for the overall US population are higher reaching 19.4% in 1997, 24.5% in 2004, 26.6% in 2007, and 33.8% (adults) and 17% (children) in 2008.he obesity rate for Black adults (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2010 was 36.9%. For adult Black men, the rate of obesity was 31.6% in 2010. For adult Black women, the rate of obesity was 41.2% in 2010.
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How to Query SQL Server System Tables for Text in Stored Procedures How to Query SQL Server 2000 for Stored Procedures Containing Text. For SQL Server 2000, the system tables to query are sysobjects, which will contain the name and create date of your procedures, and syscomments, which will contain the content of your stored procedures. Further optional filters are: For type=’P’ which is for stored procedures.
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- 1 In 2014, more than 1.9 billion adults, 18 years and older, were overweight. 2  Of these over 600 million were obese. 3  Overall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2014. 4  In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (38% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.
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8 Surprising Effects of Obesity More than 36 percent of Americans are now considered obese, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An additional 34 percent are considered overweight. These statistics are quoted so often that many people may no longer find them surprising. Yet what may still be surprising is how far the effects of obesity reach beyond clothing size and cardiovascular risks.
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Percentage of Overweight, Obese Americans Swells Of people with diabetes, 21.1% were obese, 9.8% overweight, 5% normal weight, and 4.2% underweight. Of people reporting heart attacks, 6.3% were obese, 4.8% overweight, 3.3% normal weight, and 4.4% underweight. Of depressed people, 23.3% were obese, 15.3% overweight, 15% normal weight, and 20% underweight.
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America's Obesity Epidemic Hits a New High America's Obesity Epidemic Hits a New High. The U.S. obesity epidemic continues to worsen: The latest reports show that 40 percent of U.S. women are obese, and American teenagers are also continuing to put on weight.
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- 1 39% of adults aged 18 years and over were overweight in 2014, and 13% were obese. 2  Most of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kills more people than underweight. 3  42 million children under the age of 5 were overweight or obese in 2013.
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In U.S., Obesity Rate Stable in 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Americans were as likely to be obese in 2012 as they were in 2011. But the 26.2% who were obese in 2012 remains slightly higher than the 25.5% recorded in 2008. Another 36.1% of Americans were overweight in 2012 and about as many were a normal weight -- 35.9%. Gallup and Healthways started tracking Americans' weight daily in 2008 as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The 2012 data comprise more than 350,000 surveys of American adults.
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In U.S., Adult Obesity Rate Now at 27.7% The obesity rate was 25.5% in 2008 when Gallup and Healthways first began tracking it. The percentage of obese adults has fluctuated since then, but is now 2.2 percentage points higher than it was in 2008. Blacks Adults Still Have Highest Obesity Rate. Across major demographic categories, obesity rates are higher or stable thus far in 2014 compared with 2013.
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- 1 Overweight affects 55% of adults and 25% of school-age children in the United States. 2  Further, 17% of the children and adolescents are considered obese. 3  Overweight is 10 to 20% above ideal body fat for sex and age; Obese is 20% above ideal body fat; and Morbid Obese is 50% above ideal body fat.
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- Child Obesity in America: There are plenty of statistics available that prove child obesity in America is at epidemic levels. In the last 30 years the number of children who are overweight has tripled to 15%. When you add the overweight and obese statistics together, the problem becomes crystal clear. One-third of the nation's children are carrying too much weight. There are lots of reasons why child obesity in America is on the rise.
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The vast majority of American adults are overweight or obese, and weight is a growing problem among US children Today, 2.1 billion people – nearly 30% of the world’s population – are either obese or overweight, according to a new, first-of-its kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries.
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Obesity Statistics in the United States Obesity Statistics in the United States. Obesity, a common and costly health issue that increases risk for heart disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer, affects more than one-third of adults and 17 percent of youth in the United States. By the numbers, 78 million adults and 12 million children are obese—figures many regard as an epidemic. Adults are considered obese when they are about 35 pounds overweight. In 2013, obesity rates among American adults remained high. No state has an obesity rate below 21 percent and rates have risen in six states—Alaska, Delaware, Idaho, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Wyoming. In two states obesity rates now exceed 35 percent for the first time and 20 states have obesity rates at or above 30 percent.
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The Whole World Is Getting Fatter, New Survey Finds And nearly 30 percent of U.S. children and teens are either obese or overweight, up from 19 percent in 1980. That’s nearly twice as many as in Europe. Just 4 percent of kids in the Netherlands or Sweden are overweight.he survey finds that 160 million Americans are either obese or overweight. The U.S. has 78 million obese adults, the highest number of any country in the world, even China, with four times the population. Nearly three-quarters of American men and more than 60 percent of women are obese or overweight, it finds.
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Childhood Obesity by the Numbers During the past four decades, childhood obesity rates in America have quadrupled, and today, more than 23.5 million children and youth in America—nearly one in three—are overweight or obese. Furthermore, significant disparities exist.
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Obesity in the United Kingdom Fattest Countries in the World. More than 1.6 billion people in the world are either overweight or obese, according to a recent study by the World Health Organization. Here’s a look at the countries with the highest percent of overweight adults (people age 15 and over).
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In U.S., Majority Overweight or Obese in All 50 States Colorado boasts lowest percentage of overweight and obese residents. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Nearly seven in 10 adults in West Virginia, Mississippi, and Kentucky are either overweight or obese -- more than in any other state in the first half of 2012.
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- The NPD estimate of the number of overweight Americans is similar to CDC findings that in 1999-2002, 65% were overweight or obese, up from 56% in the early 1990s and 47% in the late 1970s. About 31% of children are overweight or at risk of becoming so, the CDC says.
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Overweight & Obesity Statistics Obesity was higher in women (about 40 percent) than men (35 percent) Extreme obesity was higher in women (9.9 percent) than men (5.5 percent) Almost 3 in 4 men (73.7 percent) were considered to be overweight or have obesity; and about 2 in 3 women (66.9) were considered to be overweight or have obesity. As shown in the above bar graph Among non-Hispanic white adults, more than 1 in 3 (36.4 percent) were considered to have obesity, and about 1 in 13 (7.6 percent) were considered to have extreme obesity.
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- 1 Overall, about 13% of the world’s adult population (11% of men and 15% of women) were obese in 2014. 2  In 2014, 39% of adults aged 18 years and over (38% of men and 40% of women) were overweight.  The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014.
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Childhood Obesity Overweight and obesity in children are significant public health problems in the United States. The number of adolescents who are overweight has tripled since 1980 and the prevalence among younger children has more than doubled. According to the 1999-2002 NHANES survey, 16 percent of children age 6-19 years are overweight (see Figure 1).