Overweight and Obesity in Illinois

Data indicate that 68 percent of American adults

are either overweight Body Mass Index (BMI) equal
to 25.0 to 29.9 or obese with BMI greater than 30.
Illinois adults are slightly lower (63.7%) than the
national average in the combined category (36%
overweight and 27.7% obese). (Figure 1).
Illinois ranks as the 23rd fattest state
F as in Fat - 2010

Overweight and Obesity

According to NHANES, 16.9% of
children ages 2-19 are obese and
31.7% are either overweight or obese.
This translates to more than 12 million
children and adolescents who are
obese and more than 23 million who
are either overweight or obese.

Overweight and Obesity in

Illinois
There are also 300,000 overweight
or obese children under the age of 5
in Illinois.
Cities of Bloomington/Normal times 3

Enough to fill all the seats in Wrigley Field, Soldier Field,

and US Cellular stadium twice.

Overweight and Obesity in Illinois

Thirty percent of low-income children
between 2 and 5 years of age are
overweight or at immediate risk of
becoming overweight.

Adiposity
Rebound

Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in
overweight among US children and adolescents, 1999-2000. JAMA
2002;288:1728-1732.

Obesity in 3000 NYC Children

NYC Vital Signs June 2003

95th% BMI

Overweight in Chicago Public Schools Students

(At Kindergarten Entry)

Prevalence >95th% BMI

Prevalence of Overweight in Children

^ CLOCC data (3-7 yrs) * SUHI data (2-12 yrs)