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- BRFSS, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System http: //www.cdc.gov/brfss/
- Mokdad AH, et al. The spread of the obesity epidemic in the United
States, 1991—1998 JAMA 1999; 282:16:1519–1522.
- Mokdad AH, et al. The continuing epidemics of obesity and diabetes in
the United States. JAMA. 2001; 286:10:1519–22.
- Mokdad AH, et al. Prevalence of obesity, diabetes, and obesity-related
health risk factors, 2001. JAMA 2003: 289:1: 76–79
- CDC. State-Specific Prevalence of Obesity Among Adults — United States,
2005; MMWR 2006; 55(36);985–988
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- Definitions:
- Obesity: Having a very high amount of body fat in relation to lean body
mass, or Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30 or higher.
- Body Mass Index (BMI): A measure of an adult’s weight in relation to his
or her height, specifically the adult’s weight in kilograms divided by
the square of his or her height in meters.
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- Source of the data:
- The data shown in these maps were collected through CDC’s Behavioral
Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Each year, state health
departments use standard procedures to collect data through a series of
monthly telephone interviews with U.S. adults.
- Prevalence estimates generated for the maps may vary slightly from those
generated for the states by BRFSS (http://aps.nccd.cdc.gov/brfss) as
slightly different analytic methods are used.
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- In 1990, among states participating in the Behavioral Risk Factor
Surveillance System, 10 states had a prevalence of obesity less than 10%
and no states had prevalence equal to or greater than 15%.
- By 1998, no state had prevalence less than 10%, seven states had a
prevalence of obesity between 20-24%, and no state had prevalence equal
to or greater than 25%.
- In 2007, only one state (Colorado) had a prevalence of obesity less than
20%. Thirty states had a
prevalence equal to or greater than 25%; three of these states (Alabama,
Mississippi and Tennessee) had a prevalence of obesity equal to or
greater than 30%.
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