This statistic depicts the obesity rates for adults in Iowa in 2020, by ethnicity. As of that year, some 37 percent of the adult white population in Iowa was obese. Being obese increases the risk of developing chronic diseases such as heart disease and some cancers.
Obesity rates for adults in Iowa in 2020, by ethnicity
* Not sufficient data.
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.
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 12, 2021). Obesity rates for adults in Iowa in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 16, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207386/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-iowa-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Obesity rates for adults in Iowa in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. November 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207386/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-iowa-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2021). Obesity rates for adults in Iowa in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 16, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207386/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-iowa-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Obesity Rates for Adults in Iowa in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207386/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-iowa-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Obesity rates for adults in Iowa in 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207386/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-iowa-by-ethnicity/ (last visited January 16, 2022)
