Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, August 3, 2010, Volume 59. Vital Signs: State-Specific Obesity Prevalence Among Adults United States, 2009

摘要

Obesity is a costly condition that can reduce quality of life and increases the risk for many serious chronic diseases and premature death. The U.S. Surgeon General issued the Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity in 2001, and in 2007, no state had met the Healthy People 2010 objective to reduce obesity prevalence among adults to 15%. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used 2009 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey data to update estimates of national and state-specific obesity prevalence. Obesity was calculated based on self-reported weight and height and defined as body mass index (weight (kg) / height (m)2) equal to or greater than 30.