Statistics
On Obesity
Overview
- 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
- 80% of type II diabetes related to obesity
- 70% of Cardiovascular disease
related to obesity
- 42% breast and colon cancer diagnosed among
obese individuals
- 30% of gall bladder surgery related to obesity
- 26% of obese people having high blood pressure
Overweight adults
Nearly two-thirds of U.S. adults are
overweight (BMI > 25, which includes those
who are obese).
All adults (20+ years old): 129.6
million (64.5 percent)
Women (20+ years old): 64.5 million
(61.9 percent)
Men (20+ years old): 65.1 million
(67.2 percent)
Obese adults
Nearly one-third of U.S. adults are obese
(BMI > 30).
All adults (20+ years old): 61.3
million (30.5 percent)
Women (20+ years old): 34.7 million
(33.4 percent)
Men (20+ years old): 26.6 million
(27.5 percent)
Healthy weight adults
Less than half of U.S. adults have a
healthy weight (BMI > 18.5 to < 25).
All adults (20-74 years old):
67.3 million (33.5 percent)
Women (20-74 years old): 36.7
million (35.3 percent)
Men (20-74 years old): 30.6 million
(31.8 percent)
Prevalence of overweight
and obesity in minorities
The age-adjusted prevalence of combined
overweight and obesity (BMI > 25) in racial/ethnic
minorities-especially minority women-is generally
higher than in whites in the United States .
Non-Hispanic Black women: 77.3%
Mexican American women: 71.9%
Non-Hispanic White women: 57.3%
Non-Hispanic Black men: 60.7%
Mexican American men: 74.7%
Non-Hispanic White men: 67.4%
(Statistics are for populations
20+ years old)
Studies using this definition
of overweight and obesity provide ethnicity-specific
data only for these three racial-ethnic groups.
Studies using definitions of overweight and obesity
from NHANES II have reported a high prevalence
of overweight and obesity among Hispanics and
American Indians. The prevalence of overweight
(BMI > 25) and obesity (BMI > 30) in Asian
Americans is lower than in the population as a
whole.[1]
Statistics on Obesity
related diseases
Cost of Overweight and
Obesity
Total cost: $122.9 billion , Direct cost:
$64.1 billion,* Indirect cost: $58.8 billion (comparable
to the economic costs of cigarette smoking)
Cost of Heart Disease
Related to Overweight and Obesity
Direct cost: $8.8 billion (17 percent
of the total direct cost of heart disease, independent
of stroke)
Cost of type 2 diabetes
related to overweight and obesity
Total cost: $98 billion (in 2001)
Cost of osteoarthritis
related to overweight and obesity
Total cost: $21.2 billion, Direct cost:
$5.3 billion, Indirect cost: $15.9 billion
Cost of hypertension
(high blood pressure) related to overweight and
obesity
Direct cost: $4.1 billion (17 percent
of the total cost of hypertension)
Cost of gallbladder disease
related to overweight and obesity
Total cost: $3.4 billion, Direct cost:
$3.2 billion, Indirect cost: $187 million
Cost of cancer related
to overweight and obesity
Breast cancer: Total cost: $2.9 billion,
Direct cost: $1.1 billion, Indirect cost: $1.8
billion
Endometrial cancer
Total cost: $933 million, Direct cost:
$310 million, Indirect cost: $623 million
Colon cancer
Total cost: $3.5 billion, Direct cost: $1.3 billion,
Indirect cost: $2.2 billion
Cost of lost productivity
related to obesity
The cost of lost productivity related to obesity
(BMI > 30) among Americans ages 17-64 is $3.9
billion. This value considers the following annual
numbers (for 1994):
Workdays lost related to obesity:
39.3 million
Physician office visits related
to obesity: 62.7 million
Restricted activity days related
to obesity: 239.0 million
Bed-days related to obesity:
89.5 million
Source: http://www.niddk.nih.gov
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