Research Article

Weight Mobility and Obesity in a Representative Sample of the US Adult Population

Table 3

Rates of incidence and reduction of overweight and obesity from baseline to follow-up.

Baseline (2012)One-year follow-up (2013)
Normal weightOverweightClass 1Class 2 or 3Baseline prevalence

Normal weight35%
 Age < 2585%14%22%
 Age 25–4982%16%1%40%
 Age 50–7484%14%2%29%
 Age > 7584%14%8%
Overweight33%
 Age < 2523%61%16%9%
 Age 25–4914%70%14%2%43%
 Age 50–7411%77%11%1%39%
 Age > 7516%71%14%8%
Class 120%
 Age < 2527%53%14%8%
 Age 25–4918%67%14%44%
 Age 50–7417%70%12%41%
 Age > 7524%67%7%
Class 2 or 312%
 Age < 2518%76%9%
 Age 25–493%17%80%49%
 Age 50–7417%80%38%
 Age > 7564%4%
Follow-up prevalence35%33%20%13%

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