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Overweight and Obesity
Obesity Trends
U.S. Obesity Trends 1985 to 2002
BMI > 30, or ~ 30 lbs. overweight for 5'4" woman
During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. In 1985 only a few states were participating in CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) and providing obesity data. In 1991, four states were reporting obesity prevalence rates of 15–19 percent and no states reported rates at or above 20 percent. In 2002, 20 states have obesity prevalence rates of 15–19 percent; 29 states have rates of 20–24 percent; and one state reports a rate over 25 percent.
- The prevalence of obesity is depicted in a PowerPoint slide presentation format. (22 slides total, PPT - 1.1Mb)1
- This presentation also available as a text-only 508-compliant Acrobat file.* (PDF - 654k)
The data shown in these maps were collected through CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Each year, state health departments use standard procedures to collect data through a series of monthly telephone interviews with U.S. adults. Prevalence estimates generated for the maps may vary slightly from those generated for the states by BRFSS as slightly different analytic methods are used.
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