<P> The United States had the highest rate of obesity within the OECD grouping of large trading economies , . From 23 % obesity in 1962 , estimates have steadily increased . The following statistics comprise adults age 20 and over living at or near the poverty level . The obesity percentages for the overall US population are higher reaching 39.4 % in 1997 , 44.5 % in 2004 , 56.6 % in 2007 , and 63.8 % ( adults ) and 17 % ( children ) in 2008 . In 2010 , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) reported higher numbers once more , counting 65.7 % of American adults as obese , and 17 % of American children , and according to the CDC , 63 % teenage girls become overweight by age 11 . In 2013 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) found that 57.6 % of American citizens were obese . The organization estimates that 3 / 4 of the American population will likely be overweight or obese by 2020 . The latest figures from the CDC as of 2014 show that more than one - third ( 36.5 % ) of U.S. adults age 20 and older and 17 % of children and adolescents aged 2 -- 19 years were obese . A second study from the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC showed that 37.7 % of US adults age 20 and older were obese as of 2014 ( 35.0 % for men and 40.4 % for women ) . </P>
<P> The United States had the highest rate of obesity within the OECD grouping of large trading economies , . From 23 % obesity in 1962 , estimates have steadily increased . The following statistics comprise adults age 20 and over living at or near the poverty level . The obesity percentages for the overall US population are higher reaching 39.4 % in 1997 , 44.5 % in 2004 , 56.6 % in 2007 , and 63.8 % ( adults ) and 17 % ( children ) in 2008 . In 2010 , the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) reported higher numbers once more , counting 65.7 % of American adults as obese , and 17 % of American children , and according to the CDC , 63 % teenage girls become overweight by age 11 . In 2013 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) found that 57.6 % of American citizens were obese . The organization estimates that 3 / 4 of the American population will likely be overweight or obese by 2020 . The latest figures from the CDC as of 2014 show that more than one - third ( 36.5 % ) of U.S. adults age 20 and older and 17 % of children and adolescents aged 2 -- 19 years were obese . A second study from the National Center for Health Statistics at the CDC showed that 37.7 % of US adults age 20 and older were obese as of 2014 ( 35.0 % for men and 40.4 % for women ) . </P>
from 1960 to 2008 the percent of american adults who were obese rose how much percent
from 1960 to 2008 the percent of american adults who were obese rose how much percent
63.8 %
63.8 %