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'''] in the ]''' has been increasingly cited as a major health issue in recent decades. While many industrialized countries have experienced similar increases, American obesity rates lead the world with 64% of adults being overweight and almost a quarter being obese.<ref>{{cite web|title = Obesity Statistics: U.S. Obesity Trends|url = http://web.archive.org/web/20060206185213/www.naaso.org/statistics/obesity_trends.asp|publisher = North American Association for the Study of Obesity|accessdate = 2008-03-08|year = 2006|page = 4}}.</ref> Estimates of the number of obese American adults rose from 23.7% in ] to 24.5% in ].<ref>{{citation|title = F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2005|url = http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2005/Obesity2005Report.pdf|first1 = Laura|last1 = Segal|first2 = Parris|last2 = Glendening|first3 = Shelley|last3 = Hearne|date = August 2005|accessdate = 2008-03-08|pages = }}.</ref>

The economic cost attributable to obesity in the United States has been estimated to be as high as $99.2 billion in ], with $51.64 billion attributable to direct medical costs.<ref>{{citation|last1 = Wolf|first1 = A. M.|last2 = Colditz|first2 = G. A.|year = 1998|journal = Obesity Research|volume = 6|issue = 2|pages = 97-106|title = Current estimates of the economic cost of obesity in the United States|url = http://www.obesityresearch.org/cgi/content/abstract/6/2/97}}.</ref>

One recent study from the ], however, found that while obesity prevention programs reduce the cost of treating diseases related to obesity, those reductions are offset by medical costs during the additional years of life gained. The authors concluded that reducing obesity may improve ], but is unlikely to reduce overall ].<ref>{{citation|last1 = van Baal|first1 = P. H. M.|last2 = Polder|first2 = J. J.|last3 = de Wit|first3 = G. A.|last4 = Hoogenveen|first4 = R. T.|http://medicine.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pmed.0050029&ct=1|title = Lifetime medical costs of obesity: Prevention no cure for increasing health expenditure|publisher = Public Library of Science|journal = PLoS Medicine|volume = 5|issue = 2|date = February 2008}}.</ref>

===In the military===
16% of active duty U.S. military personnel are obese. Obesity is currently the largest single cause for the discharge of soldiers.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.usmedicine.com/dailyNews.cfm?dailyID=187|title = Military Not Immune From Obesity Epidemic|first = Sandra|last = Basu|date = 2004-03-25|accessdate = 2008-03-08|publisher = U.S. Medicine}}.</ref>

==Incidence by state==
]|date = 2007-07-27|accessdate = 2008-03-08}}.</ref>]]

The following figures were averaged from 2004-2006 adult data compiled by the ] ] program.<ref>{{citation|title = F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007|url = http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2007/Obesity2007Report.pdf|publisher = Trust For America's Health|first1 = Jeffrey|last1 = Levi|first2 = Emily|last2 = Gadola|first3 = Laura|last3 = Segal|date = August 2007|pages = 6-8}}. Note: the report defines "overweight" as BMI ≥25, "obese" as BMI ≥30.</ref>:

{| class="wikitable, sortable"
! State
! Overweight (%)
! Obese (%)
! Obesity rank
|-
| Alabama
| 64.7
| 29.4
| 3
|-
| Alaska
| 63.7
| 25.8
| 16
|-
| Arizona
| 57.3
| 21.7
| 43
|-
| Arkansas
| 63.7
| 27.0
| 8
|-
| California
| 59.9
| 22.7
| 36
|-
| Colorado
| 54.2
| 17.6
| 51
|-
| Connecticut
| 57.7
| 20.1
| 47
|-
| Delaware
| 62.2
| 23.6
| 29
|-
| D.C.
| 55.0
| 22.2
| 40
|-
| Florida
| 60.0
| 22.9
| 34
|-
| Georgia
| 61.4
| 26.1
| 14
|-
| Hawaii
| 54.5
| 20.1
| 47
|-
| Idaho
| 59.8
| 23.2
| 31
|-
| Illinois
| 60.7
| 24.4
| 25
|-
| Indiana
| 62.5
| 26.8
| 9
|-
| Iowa
| 62.1
| 24.9
| 20
|-
| Kansas
| 61.3
| 24.3
| 27
|-
| Kentucky
| 64.9
| 27.5
| 7
|-
| Louisiana
| 63.4
| 28.2
| 4
|-
| Maine
| 60.1
| 23.0
| 33
|-
| Maryland
| 60.1
| 24.4
| 25
|-
| Massachusetts
| 55.3
| 19.8
| 50
|-
| Michigan
| 62.7
| 26.8
| 9
|-
| Minnesota
| 61.3
| 23.7
| 28
|-
| Mississippi
| 66.5
| 30.6
| 1
|-
| Missouri
| 62.8
| 26.3
| 12
|-
| Montana
| 58.0
| 20.7
| 45
|-
| Nebraska
| 63.0
| 25.4
| 18
|-
| Nevada
| 60.8
| 22.5
| 37
|-
| New Hampshire
| 59.5
| 22.4
| 38
|-
| New Jersey
| 59.6
| 22.2
| 40
|-
| New Mexico
| 59.3
| 22.0
| 42
|-
| New York
| 58.6
| 22.4
| 38
|-
| North Carolina
| 62.3
| 25.6
| 17
|-
| North Dakota
| 63.8
| 25.1
| 19
|-
| Ohio
| 62.5
| 26.0
| 15
|-
| Oklahoma
| 62.9
| 26.8
| 9
|-
| Oregon
| 59.8
| 23.3
| 30
|-
| Pennsylvania
| 61.4
| 24.5
| 23
|-
| Rhode Island
| 58.8
| 20.5
| 46
|-
| South Carolina
| 63.7
| 27.8
| 5
|-
| South Dakota
| 62.9
| 24.9
| 20
|-
| Tennessee
| 63.9
| 27.8
| 5
|-
| Texas
| 63.1
| 26.3
| 12
|-
| Utah
| 55.8
| 21.1
| 44
|-
| Vermont
| 55.4
| 20.0
| 49
|-
| Virginia
| 61.0
| 24.5
| 23
|-
| Washington
| 59.5
| 23.2
| 31
|-
| West Virginia
| 65.5
| 29.8
| 2
|-
| Wisconsin
| 61.8
| 24.8
| 22
|-
| Wyoming
| 60.2
| 22.8
| 35
|}

==Anti-obesity efforts==
Due to pressure from parents and anti-obesity advocates, many school districts have removed ], junk foods, and candy from snack and vending machines and cafeterias.<ref>{{cite web|title = Soda Ban Means Change at Schools|url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302399_pf.html|first1 = Mary|last1 = Otto|first2 = Lori|last2 = Aratani|publisher = ]|date = 2006-05-04|accessdate = 2008-03-08}}.</ref> State legislators in ], for example, passed laws banning the sale of machine-dispensed snacks and drinks in elementary schools in 2003, despite objections by the California-Nevada Soft Drink Association. The state followed more recently with legislation to prohibit their soda sales in high schools by 2009, with the shortfall in school revenue to be compensated by an increase in funding for school lunch programs.<ref>{{cite web|title = State high school soda ban expected on books by 2009|url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/22/SODA.TMP|first = Stacy|last = Finz|date = 2006-05-22|accessdate = 2008-03-08|publisher = ]}}.</ref> In mid-2006, the ] (including ], ] and ]) agreed to a voluntary ban on the sale of all high-calorie drinks in school vending machines and beverages in containers larger than 8, 10 and 12 ounces in elementary, middle and high schools, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title = Sugary Drinks To Be Pulled From Schools: Industry Agrees to Further Limit Availability to Children|first = Caroline|last = Mayer|publisher = ]|date = 2006-05-03|accessdate = 2008-03-08|url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/03/AR2006050302399_pf.html}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|first1 = Marian|last1 = Burros|first2 = Melania|last2 = Warner|date = 2006-05-04|publisher = ]|accessdate = 2008-03-08|url = http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/health/04soda.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print|title = Bottlers Agree to a School Ban on Sweet Drinks}}.</ref>

==References==
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