PowerPoint Presentation - Human Well-Being

Source: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC.

Obesity Trends* Among U.S. Adults
BRFSS, 2004

No Data <10% 10%–14%

15%–19% 20%–24% ł25%

(*BMI ł30, or ~ 30 lbs overweight for 5Ő 4Ó person)


					ĄWe 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.
	ĄAbout 60 million adults, or 30 percent of the adult population, are now obese, which represents a doubling of the rate since 1980.