Obesity and severe obesity prevalence among U.S. adults from 1999 to 2018
In 2017-2018, the prevalence of severe obesity was among U.S. adults was 9.2 percent. At this time, around 42.4 percent of adults in the U.S. were thought to be obese. This statistic shows the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity and severe obesity among U.S. adults aged 20 and over from 1999 to 2018.