In a report recently released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Texas is cited as #12 in the nation in terms of obesity with an adult obesity rate of 30%. Twelve states including Texas now have obesity rates over 30%. Obesity rates exceed 25 percent 38 states. While this is the eighth annual report, this year’s report shows how the obesity epidemic has grown.
Check out some key stats from the report listed below:
§ Over the past 15 years, seven states have doubled their rate of obesity.
§ Another 10 states nearly doubled their obesity rate, with increased of at least 90 percent, and 22 more states saw obesity rates increase by at least 80 percent
§ The obesity rate in Texas increased more than 80 percent over the last 15 years.
§ Ten years ago, no state had an obesity rate above 24 percent, and now 43 states have higher obesity rates than the state that was the highest in 2000.
§ Fifteen years ago, Texas had a combined obesity and overweight rate of 50.3 percent. Now, the combined rate is 66.5 percent.
§ Fifteen years ago, Texas had a hypertension rate of 21.7 percent. Now, the rate is 27.2 percent.
"Today, the state with the lowest adult obesity rate would have had the highest rate in 1995," said Jeff Levi, Ph.D., executive director of TFAH. "There was a clear tipping point in our national weight gain over the last twenty years, and we can't afford to ignore the impact obesity has on our health and corresponding health care spending."
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