Share of U.S. men who were overweight or obese from 1988 to 2018
While the prevalence of being overweight among men in the United States has decreased slightly over the 30 years between 1988 and 2018, rates of obesity have more than doubled. In 2017-2018, around 43 percent of men in the U.S. were obese (BMI 30.0kg/m2 or above).
This statistic presents the prevalence of overweight, obesity, and severe obesity among men in the United States from 1988-1994 to 2017-2018.