{"id":421,"date":"2016-10-23T23:41:09","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T23:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-monroecc-hed110\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=421"},"modified":"2016-10-27T21:47:21","modified_gmt":"2016-10-27T21:47:21","slug":"prevalence-of-overweight-and-obesity","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/chapter\/prevalence-of-overweight-and-obesity\/","title":{"raw":"Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity","rendered":"Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity"},"content":{"raw":"<strong>Overweight and Obesity in the United States<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>More than 1 in 3 adults are considered to be obese.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>More than 1 in 20 adults are considered to have extreme obesity.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>About one-third of children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered to be overweight or obese.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>More than 1 in 6 children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered to be obese.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/PublishingImages\/BMIpie.jpg\" alt=\" A pie graph that shows estimated percentages of adults with BMIs within specific ranges\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img class=\"wp-image-480 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/317\/2016\/10\/27211430\/BMI.jpg\" alt=\"BMI\" width=\"294\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAccording to the pie graph, 31.2 percent of adults had BMIs under 24.9 and so were considered normal weight or underweight. Another 33.1 percent had BMIs from 25 to 29.9, and so they were considered overweight. The group with BMIs of 30 or higher\u2014people considered to have obesity\u2014amounted to 35.7 percent. Those considered to have extreme obesity, with BMIs of 40 or higher, amounted to 6.3 percent.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Estimated Percentage by Sex<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/PublishingImages\/bySex.jpg\" alt=\"A bar graph that shows percentages of men and women within weight categories\" \/>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img class=\"wp-image-481 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/317\/2016\/10\/27211543\/BMI2.jpg\" alt=\"BMI2\" width=\"124\" height=\"37\" \/><\/p>\r\nAccording to the bar graph, 74 percent of men had overweight or obesity; 64 percent of women had overweight or obesity. Equal percentages (36) of men and women had obesity. Among men, 4 percent had extreme obesity; the percentage among women was double that of men, at 8 percent.","rendered":"<p><strong>Overweight and Obesity in the United States<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More than 2 in 3 adults are considered to be overweight or obese.<\/li>\n<li>More than 1 in 3 adults are considered to be obese.<\/li>\n<li>More than 1 in 20 adults are considered to have extreme obesity.<\/li>\n<li>About one-third of children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered to be overweight or obese.<\/li>\n<li>More than 1 in 6 children and adolescents ages 6 to 19 are considered to be obese.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/PublishingImages\/BMIpie.jpg\" alt=\"A pie graph that shows estimated percentages of adults with BMIs within specific ranges\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-480 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/317\/2016\/10\/27211430\/BMI.jpg\" alt=\"BMI\" width=\"294\" height=\"87\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the pie graph, 31.2 percent of adults had BMIs under 24.9 and so were considered normal weight or underweight. Another 33.1 percent had BMIs from 25 to 29.9, and so they were considered overweight. The group with BMIs of 30 or higher\u2014people considered to have obesity\u2014amounted to 35.7 percent. Those considered to have extreme obesity, with BMIs of 40 or higher, amounted to 6.3 percent.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Estimated Percentage by Sex<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/PublishingImages\/bySex.jpg\" alt=\"A bar graph that shows percentages of men and women within weight categories\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-481 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/317\/2016\/10\/27211543\/BMI2.jpg\" alt=\"BMI2\" width=\"124\" height=\"37\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the bar graph, 74 percent of men had overweight or obesity; 64 percent of women had overweight or obesity. Equal percentages (36) of men and women had obesity. Among men, 4 percent had extreme obesity; the percentage among women was double that of men, at 8 percent.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-421\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">Public domain content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: National Institutes of Health. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/Pages\/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx\">https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/Pages\/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":375,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"pd\",\"description\":\"Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity\",\"author\":\"National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases\",\"organization\":\"National Institutes of Health\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.niddk.nih.gov\/health-information\/health-statistics\/Pages\/overweight-obesity-statistics.aspx\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-421","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":257,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/375"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":485,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/421\/revisions\/485"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/257"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/421\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=421"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-monroecc-healthed\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}