Title: MMWR Vol. 59 / Early Release
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Early Release
Volume 59, Early Release
August 3, 2010
CDC Vital Signs is a new series of MMWR
reports that will announce the latest results
for key public health indicators.
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Vital Signs: State-Specific Obesity Prevalence Among Adults —
United States, 2009
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| In 2001, the U.S. Surgeon General issued a Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity. Yet, by 2007, no state had met the Healthy People 2010 objective to reduce obesity prevalence among adults to 15%. To update estimates of national and state-specific obesity prevalence, CDC analyzed data from the 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
survey. The results indicated that, based on self-reported height and weight, the prevalence of obesity in the United States overall increased from 25.6% in 2007 to 26.7% in 2009; among states, prevalence ranged from 18.6% in Colorado to 34.4% in Mississippi.
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