Percentage of U.S. children and adolescents who were obese 1988-2018

Between 2015 and 2018, obesity rates in U.S. children and adolescents stood at 19.3 and 20.9 percent, respectively. This is a noteworthy increase compared to the percentages seen between 1988 and 1994. U.S. high school obesity rates Roughly 18 percent of black, as well as Hispanic students in the United States, were obese between 2016 and 2017. Male obesity rates were noticeably higher than those of female students for each of the ethnicities during the measured period. For example, about 22 percent of male Hispanic high school students were obese, compared to 14 percent of female students. The American states with the highest number of obese high school students in 2019 included Mississippi, West Virginia, and Arkansas, respectively. Mississippi had a high school student obesity rate of over 23 percent that year. Physically inactive Americans Adults from Mississippi and Arkansas were also reported to be some of the least physically active people in the United States in 2018. When surveyed, over 30 percent of adults from Kentucky and Arkansas had not exercised within the preceding 30 days. The national physical inactivity average stood at approximately 26 percent that year.

自2015年至2018年，美国儿童和青少年的肥胖率分别达到19.3%和20.9%，相较于1988年至1994年间的百分比，这一增长值得关注。美国高中生肥胖率概而言之，2016年至2017年间，美国大约18%的黑人和西班牙裔学生患有肥胖症。在测量期间，对于每一种族，男生的肥胖率均显著高于女生。例如，大约22%的男性西班牙裔高中生患有肥胖症，而女性学生中这一比例为14%。2019年，密西西比州、西弗吉尼亚州和阿肯色州是美国高中生肥胖率最高的三个州，密西西比州当年的高中生肥胖率超过23%。美国缺乏体育锻炼的人群同样，密西西比州和阿肯色州的成年人也被报道为美国最缺乏体育锻炼的人群之一。据调查，2018年，肯塔基州和阿肯色州的成年人中，超过30%在过去的30天内未曾进行过锻炼。当年的全国平均缺乏体育锻炼的比例约为26%。