Share of U.S. adults who were overweight from 1988 to 2018
The prevalence of being overweight among adults has decreased slightly over the three decades but still every 3 in 10 adults was overweight in 2018.
This statistic presents the prevalence of being overweight (BMI of 25.0–29.9 kg/m2) among adults in the United States from 1988-1994 to 2017-2018.