TABLE 1.

Past Obesity Targets in the United States and United Kingdom

Country	National Target	Date Target Initiated	Date to Achieve Target	Strategy	Achieved?
United States	Healthy People 2000 aims to reduce prevalence of overweight to no more than 20% of adults, from 24% in 1976–1980.1	1990	2000	Decrease prevalence	No
United States	Healthy People 2010 aims to increase percentage of healthy weight adults from 42% to 60% and decrease the prevalence of obese adults from 23% to 15%.2	2000	2010	Decrease prevalence	Noa
United Kingdom	Reduce percentage of obese men from 7% in 1986–1987 to 6% in 2005, and of obese women from 12% in 1986–1987 to 8% in 2005.3	1992	2005	Decrease prevalence	No
United Kingdom	Halt the year-on-year rise in obesity among children aged younger than 11 years to broadly tackle obesity in the population as a whole.4	2004	2010	Decrease prevalence	Nob

^aProjections suggest these will not be met.

^bAbandoned in 2007.