This statistic depicts the obesity rates for adults in Wisconsin in 2020, by ethnicity. As of that year, around 31 percent of the adult white population in Wisconsin were obese. Certain hormonal problems such as hypothyroidism, Cushing's syndrome and polycystic ovarian syndrome can lead to being obese.
Obesity rates for adults in Wisconsin 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.
Release date represents the date figures were accessed.
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Kaiser Family Foundation. (November 12, 2021). Obesity rates for adults in Wisconsin in 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/207434/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-wisconsin-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Obesity rates for adults in Wisconsin in 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. November 12, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207434/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-wisconsin-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. (2021). Obesity rates for adults in Wisconsin in 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/207434/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-wisconsin-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation. "Obesity Rates for Adults in Wisconsin in 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207434/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-wisconsin-by-ethnicity/
Kaiser Family Foundation, Obesity rates for adults in Wisconsin in 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/207434/overweight-and-obesity-rates-for-adults-in-wisconsin-by-ethnicity/ (last visited May 25, 2022)
