ADULT WEIGHT FACTS

ADULT WEIGHT FACTS

There are 400,000 obesity related deaths annually in the United States.

65 percent of adults are overweight, body mass index (BMI), 25.

31 percent of adults are obese, BMI, 30.

16 percent of adolescents are overweight

9 percent, or 15.6 million people, are morbidly obese, BMI, 35.

Sources: Humility of Mary Health Partners dieticians Lauren Manusakis and Cindy Heslop.