>>12565486>>12565479The obesity rate for Black adults 18 years and older (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2015 was 39.8%.[42] For adult Black men, the rate of obesity was 34.4% in 2015.[43] For adult Black women, the rate of obesity was 44.7% in 2015.[43] The most recent statistics from the NHANES of age adjusted obesity rates for Black adults 20 years and older in the U.S. in 2016 was 46.8%. [44] According to the obesity rates from the NHANES 2016 data, black males had significantly lower than black females, their rates were 36.9% and 54.8%, respectively.[45]
The obesity rates of Caucasian males and Caucasian females from the NHANES 2016 data were relatively equivalent, obesity rates were 37.9% and 38.0%, respectively.[45]
