Share of obese high school students in the U.S. by state 2021

In 2021, around 27 percent of high school students in the state of West Virginia were obese, making it the state with the highest share of obese high school students that year. Colorado and Utah had the lowest obesity rates among students that year. The state with the highest share of obese adultsWest Virginia not only has the highest rate of obese high school students, it is also the U.S. state with the highest percentage of obese adults, which was about 41 percent as of 2023. Obesity remains a growing problem in the United States, especially in the southern states. Body image among college studentsIn the fall of 2023, just over half of U.S. college students (18 years and older) described their weight as “about the right weight”. Almost a third of the respondents stated that they were slightly overweight, while 6.5 percent said they were very overweight. Furthermore, roughly 37 percent of college students rated their health as very good, while just two percent of this group rated their general health as poor.

于2021年，西弗吉尼亚州的高中生中约有27%体重超标，使得该州成为当年高中生肥胖比例最高的州。在当年，科罗拉多州和犹他州的肥胖率最低。不仅西弗吉尼亚州高中生肥胖比例最高，而且该州也是截至2023年美国肥胖成人比例最高的州，其肥胖成人比例约为41%。肥胖在美国仍然是一个日益严重的问题，尤其是在南部各州。至于大学生中的身体形象，截至2023年秋季，超过一半的美国大学生（18岁及以上）认为自己的体重“大致适宜”。大约三分之一的受访者表示自己略微超重，而6.5%的人表示自己非常超重。此外，大约37%的大学生认为自己的健康状况非常好，而仅有2%的受访者认为自己的整体健康状况较差。