Trends in Obesity Prevalence Among Adults Aged 18 Through 25 Years, 1976-2018

JAMA. 2021 Nov 23;326(20):2073-2074. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.16685.

Abstract

This study uses nationally representative data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey to examine changes in obesity prevalence in the US over the last 4 decades among adults aged 18 through 25 years.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Black or African American
  • Body Mass Index
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Nutrition Surveys
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Obesity / ethnology
  • Overweight / epidemiology
  • Prevalence
  • United States / epidemiology
  • White People
  • Young Adult