Overweight, Obese, and Extremely Obese Americans 20–74 Years of Age

(percent of population)

The following table lists the percentage of overweight, obese, and extremely obese Americans ages 20–74 years old from 1988–2006, as reported by the National Center for Health Statistics in 2008. The data shows that obesity has more than doubled in the United states between 1980 and 2006.

	1976–80	1988–94	1999–2000	2001–02	2003–04	2005–06
Overweight (BMI greater than or equal to 25.0 and less than 30.0)	32.1	32.7	33.6	34.4	33.4	32.2
Obese (BMI greater than or equal to 30.0)	15.0	23.2	30.9	31.3	32.9	35.1
Extremely Obese (BMI greater than or equal to 40.0)	1.4	3.0	5.0	5.4	5.1	6.2