In 1999-2000, 14% of US boys, 2-19 years old, were obese, by 2009-2010, 18.6% were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 1999-2000, 13.8% of US girls, 2-19 years old, were obese, by 2009-2010, 15% were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 1999-2000, 27.5% of US men were obese, and by 2009-2010 the prevalence had increased to 35.5% according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 1999-2000, 33.4% of US women were obese, and by 2009-2010 the prevalence had increased to 35.8% according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009–2010, 37 million US men and 41 million US women over the age of 20 were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 7 million US boys and 5.5 million US girls aged 2-19 were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 18.6% of US boys, 2-19 years old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 15% of US girls, 2-19 years old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 14.4% of US boys, 2- to 5-years-old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 9.6% of US girls, 2- to 5-years-old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 20.1% of US boys, 6- to 11-years-old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009–2010, 15.7% of US girls, 6- to 11-years-old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 19.6% of US boys, 12-19 years old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 17.1% of US girls, 12-19 years old, were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010, there was an increase in the prevalence of obesity among boys, but not among girls according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010,  as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Between 1999-2000 and 2009-2010, the prevalence of obesity increased among men, but not among women according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009–2010,  as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, over 78 million US adults and about 12.5 million US children and adolescents were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010,  as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 35.7% of U.S. adults were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010, as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In 2009-2010, 16.9% of U.S. children were obese according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2009-2010,  as reported by researchers from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Here is a chart from January 2007 from the International Obesity TaskForce showing the prevalence of obesity in various countries around the world for adult men.

Here is a chart from January 2007 from the International Obesity TaskForce showing the prevalence of obesity in various countries around the world for adult women.

Here is a chart from January 2007 from the International Obesity TaskForce showing the prevalence of obesity in various countries around the world for boys.

Here is a chart from January 2007 from the International Obesity TaskForce showing the prevalence of obesity in various countries around the world for girls.

The heavier a person is, the more time the spend unemployed and the longer it takes them to get another job according to a study from France.

Nearly 6 times as many Filipino women are overweight and obese today as they were twenty years ago.