Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC.
Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults
BRFSS, 2004
       No Data      <10%        10%–14%      15%–19%        20%–24%        ³25%
(*BMI ³30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5Õ 4Ó person)
¥We have never had an epidemic like this that we have been able to track so thoroughly and see. As I told you, this is conservative.
¥About 60 million adults, or 30 percent of the adult population, are now obese, which represents a doubling of the rate since 1980.