In 2023, around ** percent of high school students in the state of Kentucky were obese, making it the state with the highest share of obese high school students that year. New Hampshire and New Jersey had the lowest obesity rates among students that year.
The state with the highest share of obese adults
West Virginia not only has the highest rate of obese high school students, but it is also the聽U.S. state with the highest percentage of obese adults, which was about ** percent as of 2023. Obesity remains a growing problem in the United States, especially in the southern states.
Body image among college students
In the fall of 2024, just over half of U.S. college students (18 years and older) described their weight as 鈥渁bout the right weight鈥. Over **** of the respondents stated that they were slightly overweight, while聽*** percent said they were very overweight. Furthermore, roughly **聽percent of college students rated their health as very good, while just ****percent of this group rated their general health as poor.
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