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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2015 Jan 5;39(4):642–649. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2015.15

Table 1.

Prevalence of obesity by race/ethnicity in women of reproductive age6

All race/ethnicity groups Non-Hispanic White Non-Hispanic Black Hispanic Mexican American
Body mass index ≥ 30
20–39 years 31.9 (28.6–35.5) 26.9 (23.0–31.3) 56.2 (44.3–67.5) 34.4 (30.9–38.2) 37.8 (33.2–42.7)
Body mass index ≥ 25
20–39 years 55.8 (49.6–61.9) 50.7 (43.1–58.2) 74.2 (65.9–81.1) 65.4 (59.9–70.5) 68.8 (62.1–74.8)