Here’s where obesity rates are highest in the US here isn’t a single state in the United States with an adult obesity obesity rates that top 35 percent, according to new data published Prevalence of self-reported obesity of US adults. Prevalence of self-reported obesity of US adults. CDC * Only six states had obesity rates between 20 and 25 percent: * Obesity prevalence varies widely based on race and ethnicity. Take, for example, Puerto Rico. The overall prevalence of obesity there * Nationwide, black individuals had the highest rate of obesity of * The South had the highest prevalence of obesity by region, ringing in at 31 percent. Obesity was least common in the West; there, just possible obesity rates are actually higher. Obesity rates stubborn despite federal push for healthier meals journalists on Thursday. “The obesity epidemic is taking a toll on the Obesity prevalence in the U.S. (2004 – 2013) http://www.vividmaps.com/2016/08/obesity-prevalence-in-united-state