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According to the National Institutes of Health, approximately 70% of American adults are overweight or obese.
Indications are that an estimated 66 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese and 16.3% of children are obese.
More than 60% of American adults are overweight or obese
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The percentage of US children overweight or obese was as high as 65%.
It depends on who's numbers you want to believe. Like most statistics, you can find pretty much any answer you wish, if you look hard enough. Two examples: In January 2010, the New York Times reported "Nearly 34 percent of adults are obese, obese children tripled to 17 percent." MedicineNet reports that " 63.1% of adults in the U.S. were either overweight or obese in 2009. That was a small but measurable increase from 62.2% the previous year." , citing a 'The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index'
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shoot, i aint know!?
According to the CDC, about 34% of American adults are obese.
What percent of obese Americans have diabetes, ranked in groups by age.
The United States of America has the highest obesity rates in the world. 64% of adults in the United States of America are overweight or obese. For information about the causes of weight gain, and obesity, see the page links, further down this page, listed under Related Questions.