During the past 24 years the United States has witnessed a dramatic growth in obesity. The Center of Disease Control (CDC) slides presented in this article illustrates this growth by mapping the increased prevalence of obesity for each state in the U.S.
Has USA Obesity Rates Reach Epidemic Proportions?
- 58 Million Overweight; 40 Million Obese; 3 Million morbidly Obese
- Eight out of 10 over 25′s Overweight
- 78% of American’s not meeting basic activity level recommendations
- 25% completely Sedentary
- 76% increase in Type II diabetes in adults 30-40 yrs old since 1990
The maps at the bottom of this page presents a state by state trends in obesity as presented by the CDC.
2007 Obesity % By State
Obesity By State: The percentage of adults in each state considered to be obese by the center of Disease Control. Alabama 30.3 Alaska 27.5 Arizona 25.4 Arkansas 28.7 California 22.6 Colorado 18.7 Connecticut 21.2 Delaware 27.4 Florida 23.6 Georgia 28.2 Hawaii 21.4 Idaho 24.5 Illinois 24.9 Indiana 26.8 Iowa 26.9 Kansas 26.9 Kentucky 27.4 Louisiana 29.8 Maine 24.8 Maryland 25.4 Massachusetts 21.3 Michigan 27.7 Minnesota 25.6 Mississippi 32.0 Missouri 27.5 Montana 21.8 Nebraska 26.0 Nevada 24.1 New Hampshire 24.4 New Jersey 23.5 New Mexico 24.0 New York 25.0 North Carolina 28.0 North Dakota 26.5 Ohio 27.5 Oklahoma 28.1 Oregon 25.5 Pennsylvania 27.1 Rhode Island 21.4 South Carolina 28.4 South Dakota 26.2 Tennessee 30.1 Texas 28.1 Utah 21.8 Vermont 21.3 Virginia 24.3 Washington 25.3 Washington DC 21.8 West Virginia 29.5 Wisconsin 24.7 Wyoming 23.7 The data shown in these maps were collected through the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Each year, state health departments use standard procedures to collect data through a series of monthly telephone interviews with U.S. adults. Prevalence estimates generated for the maps may vary slightly from those generated for the states by the BRFSS as slightly different analytic methods are used.
