what percentage of adults in the united states is overweight?
Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States. America continues to get heavier. An analysis of data collected from 2007 to 2012 has found that 71 percent of Americans are obese or overweight. The picture is slightly worse for men, three-fourths of whom are overweight or obese. About 67 percent of women fall into one of those two categories.