U.S. Obesity Rate Inches Up to 27.7% in 2014 ("...up more than two percentage points since 2008...")

U.S. Obesity Rate Inches Up to 27.7% in 2014

by Jenna Levy

"WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The percentage of U.S. adults who are obese continued to trend upward in 2014, reaching 27.7%. This is up more than two percentage points since 2008 and is the highest obesity rate Gallup and Healthways have measured in seven years of tracking it."