Obesity Statistics
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Today, 90 million Americans, more than one-third of the adult population is overweight or obese.
~Risk of an early death is twice as high for the obese than for the non-obese.
~The risk of dying from diabetes or heart attack is five to seven times greater for the obese than the non-obese.
~29% of African Americans were obese in the year 2000
~Up to age 28, African American men and White men develop obesity at about the same rate, but after that, African American men become 2.2 times more obese than White men.
Sources: What is Obesity?
Obesity in African Americans
Study: Minority Adults Become Obese Faster Than Whites