What is the prevalence of obesity in women in the United States?
In 2007 to 2008, the age-adjusted prevalence of obesity in the United States was 35.2% in women compared with 32.0% in men. Non-Hispanic black women have the highest prevalence of obesity. In addition, a recent study of women aged 35 to 54 years in the United States revealed that from 1988 1994 until 1999 2004, the prevalence of abdominal obesity increased.