Women's Health USA 2007 Data

LINE CHART: Overweight and Obesity* Among Adults Aged 20-74,** by Sex, 1960-2004
(Percent of Adults)

Overweight Women
1960-62: 24.5; 1971-74: 24.9; 1976-80: 24.9; 1988-94: 25.2; 2001-04: 27.4
Obese Women
1960-62: 15.7; 1971-74: 16.8; 1976-80: 17.1; 1988-94: 26.0; 2001-04: 34.0
Overweight Men
1960-62: 38.8; 1971-74: 42.5; 1976-80: 40.1; 1988-94: 40.4; 2001-04: 40.5
Obese Men
1960-62: 10.7; 1971-74: 12.2; 1976-80: 12.8; 1988-94: 20.6; 2001-04: 30.2

*Overweight represents a BMI of 25.0-29.9 and obesity represents a BMI of 30.0 or more. **Rates are age adjusted.

Source: National Center for Health Statistics. Health, United States, 2006 with Chartbook on Trends in the Health of Americans. Hyattsville, MD: 2006.

STACKED VERTICAL BAR CHART: Overweight and Obesity* Among Women Aged 18 and Older, by Race/Ethnicity,** 2003-04
(Percent of Women)

Non-Hispanic White
Overweight 28.4; Obese 30.3; Total 58.7
Non-Hispanic Black
Overweight 26.9; Obese 53.0; Total 79.9
Hispanic
Overweight 32.1; Obese 36.3; Total 68.4

*Overweight represents a BMI of 25.0-29.9 and obesity represents a BMI of 30.0 or more. **The sample of American Indian/Alaska Natives, Asian/Pacific Islanders and persons of more than one race was too small to produce reliable estimates.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2003-2004. Analysis conducted by the Maternal and Child Health Information Resource Center.

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Women's Health USA 2007 is not copyrighted. Readers are free to duplicate and use all or part of the information contained on this page. Suggested Citation: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Women's Health USA 2007. Rockville, Maryland: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2006.