Share of U.S. adults who were obese from 1988 to 2018
The prevalence of obesity among adults in the United States has nearly doubled in the last three decades with 42 percent of adults obese in 2018.
This statistic presents the prevalence of obesity (BMI of 30 kg/m2 and over) among adults in the United States from 1988-1994 to 2017-2018.