Adult obesity is generally defined as Body Mass Index (BMI) greater than 30.
Adult Obesity – CDC Vital Signs
This website from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention includes information on the latest obesity research and the health and economic impacts of the nation’s obesity epidemic. It also has basic information about obesity, and what can be done.
Click on “U.S. States” for information on obesity prevalence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System managed by the CDC.
County Health Rankings
The County Health Rankings project collects health outcomes information from many government sources. Adult obesity data on the County Health Rankings site were estimated using several years of data from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. The current adult obesity data reported for our communities are:
- Adult obesity in Charlottesville: 26%
- In Albemarle: 24%
- In Nelson: 26%
- In Fluvanna: 28%
- In Louisa: 29%
- In Greene: 28%
- Madison: 29%
- Orange: 27%
- National benchmark: 25%
Visit the County Health Rankings website for more information.
More Resources
Virginia Department of Health: CHAMPION Program
Commonwealth’s Healthy Approach and Mobilization Plan for Inactivity, Obesity and Nutrition
Virginia Diabetes Prevention & Control Project
Virginia Performs: Measuring Obesity in Virginia
Adult obesity prevalence nationwide is reported in F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011, a report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Trust for America’s Health.