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https://torontosun.com/2017/07/25/90-of-us-men-are-overfat-a...

Edit: I should have said adults in the parent post though, this statistic doesn’t apply to kids.

Looks like it's closer to 70% [0], for adults at least.

[0] https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm

Yes, it's more like 35-40%.

In 2014, 73% of men, 67% of women.

https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-statisti...

I'm going off this page: https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db288.pdf

Please note the table you showed the 73% is combination of "overweight" and "obese" while the row that shows obese is the same number as my citation.

I don't understand why people are downvoting me when I'm literally quoting the stats from the agency that defines this. If you're downvoting, can you at least reply to provide some technical signal so I can update my knowledge?

EDIT: I misread the original message and thought it was referring to just obesity, not obesity/overweight.

The original post included 'overweight'