Abstract
Overweight and obesity are leading public health concerns in the United States. Although overweight and obesity are preventable conditions in the majority of cases, their prevalence has increased significantly over the past two decades. Recent estimates indicate that 34.1 percent of Americans are classified as overweight, while 32.2 percent are classified as obese [17]. National estimates of obesity-related health care costs are alarming, yet, to date, no such estimates have been published for the Southern region overall or for population groups in the South. The Southern states have some of the highest rates of adult obesity in the nation.
Publisher
Southern Rural Development Center
Publication Date
7-2007
Spatial Coverage
Southern United States
Research Center
Southern Rural Development Center
Recommended Citation
Kolbo, Jerome R.; Khoury, Amal J.; Bounds, Wendy; and Lee, Jacquelyn, "Overweight and Obesity in the South: Prevalence and Related Health Care Costs Among Population Groups" (2007). Food Assistance. 4.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/srdctopics-foodassistance/4