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According to the National Institutes of Health, in 2005, approximately 66 percent of adult Americans were overweight or obese.
8.3 percent is obese and 20 percent of the people are over weight
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Indications are that an estimated 66 percent of U.S. adults are either overweight or obese and 16.3% of children are obese.
Approximately 18.5% of children in the US are considered obese.
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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16 to 33 percent of children in America are obese.[ the rate of childhood obesity in White and Asian children are dropping but the rate of childhood obesity in Black and Latino children are raising. ]
In the Philippines, recent studies show 32 percent of children under five are underweight, while 27 percent of women are overweight or obese.
Roughly 30% of Americans are now obese.
Since 1981, the prevalence of overweight boys increased from 15 percent in 1981 to 35.4 percent in 1996, and among girls from 15 percent to 29.2 percent. During the same timeframe, the prevalence of obesity in children tripled, from five percent to 16.6 percent for boys and from five percent to 14.6 percent for girls.
What percent of obese Americans have diabetes, ranked in groups by age.