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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Mar 14;26(5):613–624. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2015.01.017

Figure 1. Over the last 50 years, the United States population has been getting heavier, with a concomitant rise in obesity-related diseases (1).

Figure 1

  • 1960-1962: 45.8% of American adults were either overweight or obese (overweight: 31.5%, obese: 13.4%, extremely obese: 0.9%)
  • 1976-1980: 48.5% of American adults were either overweight or obese (overweight: 32.1%, obese: 15%, extremely obese: 1.4%)
  • 1999-2000: 69.5% of American adults were either overweight or obese (overweight: 33.6%, obese: 30.9%, extremely obese: 5%)
  • 2005-2006: 73.5% of American adults were either overweight or obese (overweight: 32.2%, obese: 35.1%, extremely obese: 6.2%)
  • 2009-2010: 75.4% of American adults were either overweight or obese (overweight: 32.7%, obese: 36.1%, extremely obese: 6.6%)

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