what percent of americans are obese
The obesity rate was 25.5% in 2008 when Gallup and Healthways first began tracking it. The percentage of obese adults has fluctuated since then, but is now 2.2 percentage points higher than it was in 2008. Blacks Adults Still Have Highest Obesity Rate. Across major demographic categories, obesity rates are higher or stable thus far in 2014 compared with 2013.