This statistic depicts the overweight and obesity rates for adults in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity. In that year, 72.3 percent of all adult Hispanics in Illinois were overweight or obese. Among women, non-Hispanic black women have the highest rate of obesity in the United States.
Overweight and obesity rates for adults in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity
Racial/ethnic groups are mutually exclusive. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics.
An adult who has a BMI between 25 and 29.9 is considered overweight. An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese.
Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older. Information about the BRFSS is available at http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.html.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (July 15, 2019). Overweight and obesity rates for adults in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 28, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207384/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-illinois-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Overweight and obesity rates for adults in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity." Chart. July 15, 2019. Statista. Accessed March 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207384/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-illinois-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2019). Overweight and obesity rates for adults in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 28, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207384/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-illinois-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Overweight and Obesity Rates for Adults in Illinois in 2017, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jul 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207384/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-illinois-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Overweight and obesity rates for adults in Illinois in 2017, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207384/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-illinois-by-ethnicity/ (last visited March 28, 2020)
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