- Over a third of all adults and almost 17 percent of teenagers and children are obese.
- In every state, more than 20 percent of adults are obese, and in 12 states the obesity rate is above 30 percent.
- The groups with the highest rate of obesity are non-Hispanic blacks (45.9 percent), Hispanics (39.1 percent) and non-Hispanic whites (34.3 percent).
- Obesity among U.S. adults doubled between 1990 and 2010.
- Approximately 17 percent of children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese.
- It is estimated that annual medical care costs of obesity are as high as $147 billion