This statistic depicts the obesity rates for adults in West Virginia in 2020, by ethnicity. As of that year, some 45 percent of the adult black population were obese. Being obese tends to run within families and the likelihood for children to be overweight or obese increases if the parent has weight problems.
Obesity rates for adults in West Virginia in 2020, 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. (November 12, 2021). Obesity rates for adults in West Virginia in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 27, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207432/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-west-virginia-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Obesity rates for adults in West Virginia in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. November 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 27, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207432/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-west-virginia-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2021). Obesity rates for adults in West Virginia in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 27, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207432/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-west-virginia-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Obesity Rates for Adults in West Virginia in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207432/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-west-virginia-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Obesity rates for adults in West Virginia in 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207432/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-west-virginia-by-ethnicity/ (last visited November 27, 2021)
