Prevalence of self-reported obesity among U.S. by race/ethnicity, adults by state and territory, BRFSS, 2012-14

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• Alternative Title:
  DNPAO State Obesity Prevalence Map 2012-2014
• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (U.S.), Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity.
• Description:
  Definitions
  
  • Obesity: 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, calculated by using the adult’s weight in kilograms divided by the square of his or her height in meters.
  
  Source of the Data
  
  • The data were collected through the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), an ongoing, state-based, telephone interview survey conducted by state health departments with assistance from CDC.
  
  • Height and weight data used in the BMI calculations were self-reported.
  
  Title from document properties: DNPAO State Obesity Prevalence Map 2012-2014
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  2014-obesity-prevalence-map-by-race-ethnicity-508-compliant.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Obesity/epidemiology Obesity/Statistics/ Overweight Persons/Statistics Prevalence
• Document Type:
  Presentation
• Genre:
  Charts, Diagrams, Etc.
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Pages in Document:
  12 unnumbered slides
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:e898dabcc706fa986761626f5ad7a34904162f211377e9d73cff9282fffaea9e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/34558/cdc_34558_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 885.45 KB ]