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Percent of Adults Who are Overweight or Obese, 2008

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 Adult Overweight/Obesity Rate
United States63.0%
Alabama67.9%
Alaska65.4%
Arizona61.1%
Arkansas65.6%
California61.3%
Colorado55.3%
Connecticut59.7%
Delaware63.6%
District of Columbia55.0%
Florida60.1%
Georgia64.6%
Hawaii57.3%
Idaho62.1%
Illinois63.2%
Indiana63.5%
Iowa64.2%
Kansas65.5%
Kentucky66.6%
Louisiana63.6%
Maine61.7%
Maryland63.3%
Massachusetts58.0%
Michigan64.6%
Minnesota62.7%
Mississippi67.4%
Missouri65.4%
Montana61.6%
Nebraska64.1%
Nevada62.6%
New Hampshire63.0%
New Jersey62.0%
New Mexico59.9%
New York60.2%
North Carolina65.7%
North Dakota67.3%
Ohio63.3%
Oklahoma66.4%
Oregon61.5%
Pennsylvania64.2%
Rhode Island59.9%
South Carolina65.8%
South Dakota64.9%
Tennessee67.9%
Texas66.1%
Utah58.1%
Vermont58.4%
Virginia61.5%
Washington61.8%
West Virginia68.7%
Wisconsin63.5%
Wyoming62.1%
Guam61.2%
Puerto Rico64.3%
Virgin Islands65.5%
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U.S. total does not include territories.
Overweight or obese is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25.0 kg/meters squared.
Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.

Sources: 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data (BRFSS), accessed June 8, 2009. Available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/BRFSS/list.asp?cat=OB&yr=2008&qkey=4409&state=All



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