Percentage of Vermonters age 65+ who reported being obese
Current Value
27
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Story Behind the Curve
More than one-quarter of Vermont adults 20 and older have obesity (27%), statistically lower than the 34% among U.S. adults of the same age.
https://www.healthvermont.gov/stats/population-health-surveys-data/behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system-brfss
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Notes on Methodology
Obesity status is calculated using body mass index (BMI), a singular, indirect indicator of body fat meant to identify weight-related health risk. Though useful at the population level, BMI has limited usefulness at the individual level.
Adults with a disability are statistically more likely to have obesity compared to adults with no disability.
https://www.healthvermont.gov/stats/population-health-surveys-data/behavioral-risk-factor-surveillance-system-brfss