U.S. Obesity Rate Inches Up to 27.7% in 2014

The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese continued to trend upward in 2014, reaching 27.7%.

This is up more than two percentage points since 2008 and is the highest obesity rate Gallup and Healthways have measured in seven years of tracking it. More Americans who were previously overweight have now moved into the obese category, while the percentage who are at normal weight has remained stable since 2013.

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