Are there more obese men or women in the United States?

Male. Female. United States. Alabama. Alaska. Arizona. Arkansas. California. Colorado. Connecticut. Delaware. District of Columbia. Florida. Georgia. Hawaii. Idaho. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana .... An adult who has a BMI of 30 or higher is considered obese. read more

There are more overweight men than women in the USA. According to this source 69.9% of men and 57.0% of women in the USA are overweight or obese. Since the populations of the two groups are very similar, the nearly 13 percentage point difference is a pretty major population difference. read more

More Women Than Men Are Obese In America, And Gap Is Widening : The Salt After decades of increases, U.S. obesity rates overall seem to be flattening out, the CDC says. But obesity is rising among middle-aged women, and particularly among black and Hispanic women. read more

For men specifically it was 5.5% and for women it was 9.9%. BMI is not a perfect measure of health and is based on a person’s weight and height ratio rather than their actual amount of body fat. Still, the numbers are in line with what other studies have reported regarding the state of the obesity epidemic in the United States. read more