Agricultural Economics Department
Date of this Version
6-7-2017
Citation
Cornhusker Economics, June 7, 2017, agecon.unl.edu/cornhuskereconomics
Abstract
Rates of overweight and obesity in the U.S. have increased steadily over the past 50 years, with serious consequences for people’s health, livelihoods, and quality of life. Estimates of U.S. adult and childhood overweight and obesity that were based on measurements of height and weight, rather than self-reported data, were collected in a nationwide study conducted in 2011-2012. These data suggest that over one-third of adults were obese and another third were overweight, while 17 percent of children were obese and 15 percent overweight.
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