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Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income and Education — United States, 2011–2014

MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017-12, Vol.66 (50), p.1369-1373

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  • Title:
    Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults, by Household Income and Education — United States, 2011–2014
  • Author: Ogden, Cynthia L. ; Fakhouri, Tala H. ; Carroll, Margaret D. ; Hales, Craig M. ; Fryar, Cheryl D. ; Li, Xianfen ; Freedman, David S.
  • Subjects: Adults ; Age ; Analysis ; Asian Americans ; Data processing ; Education ; Educational attainment ; Family income ; Full Report ; Graduates ; Health care ; Health surveys ; Hispanic people ; Income ; Men ; Mens health ; Nutrition ; Obesity ; Personal income ; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) ; Race ; Secondary schools ; Socioeconomic factors ; Statistics ; Surveys ; Women
  • Is Part Of: MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2017-12, Vol.66 (50), p.1369-1373
  • Description: Studies have suggested that obesity prevalence varies by income and educational level, although patterns might differ between high-income and low-income countries (1-3). Previous analyses of U.S. data have shown that the prevalence of obesity varied by income and education, but results were not consistent by sex and race/Hispanic origin (4). Using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC analyzed obesity prevalence among adults (aged ≥20 years) by three levels of household income, based on percentage (≤130%, >130% to ≤350%, and >350%) of the federal poverty level (FPL) and individual education level (high school graduate or less, some college, and college graduate). During 2011-2014, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity among adults was lower in the highest income group (31.2%) than the other groups (40.8% [>130% to ≤350%] and 39.0% [≤130%]). The age-adjusted prevalence of obesity among college graduates was lower (27.8%) than among those with some college (40.6%) and those who were high school graduates or less (40.0%). The patterns were not consistent across all sex and racial/Hispanic origin subgroups. Continued progress is needed to achieve the Healthy People 2020 targets of reducing age-adjusted obesity prevalence to <30.5% and reducing disparities (5).
  • Publisher: United States: Center for Surveillance, Epidemiology, and Laboratory Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0149-2195
    EISSN: 1545-861X
    DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6650a1
    PMID: 29267260
  • Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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