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The Burden of Chronic Diseases and Their Risk Factors: National and State Perspectives 2004

Section III

Risk Factors and Use of Preventive Services, United States

NOTE: This document is provided for historical purposes only.

  




Overweight Among High School Students

Percentage of High School Students Who Reported Being Overweight,* 2001

6.1 - 9.0 9.2 - 10.1 10.4 - 12.3 12.8 - 14.6 Data Not Available
NEBRASKA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
SOUTH DAKOTA
COLORADO
WYOMING
UTAH
MONTANA		 NEW JERSEY
MASSACHUSETTS
IOWA
VERMONT
WISCONSIN
ILLINOIS
NORTH DAKOTA
RHODE ISLAND		 ALABAMA
KENTUCKY
HAWAII
INDIANA
DELAWARE
MICHIGAN
NEW YORK
FLORIDA
MAINE		 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TEXAS
MISSISSIPPI
ARKANSAS
TENNESSEE
LOUISIANA
NORTH CAROLINA
SOUTH CAROLINA
MISSOURI		 ALASKA
ARIZONA
CALIFORNIA
CONNECTICUT
GEORGIA
IDAHO
KANSAS
MARYLAND
MINNESOTA
NEVADA
NEW MEXICO
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
WEST VIRGINIA

* Body Mass Index ≥ 95th percentile by age and sex among participants in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1971-1975).
Source: CDC, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

  



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