COVID-19 working paper : obesity prevalence among U.S. adult subpopulations during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic / Mariah D. Ehmke and Brandon J. Restrepo.
Publication Info.
[Washington, D.C.] : Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2023.
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Description
1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, color map.
In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP).
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 29-32).
Summary
The COVID-19 pandemic shock affected obesity rates differently across distinct population subgroups with existing obesity prevalence disparities. This report measures changes in U.S. adult obesity rates overall and across a wide variety of demographic and socioeconomic subgroups during the first year of the pandemic--March 2020 to March 2021. While the U.S. obesity rate significantly increased by 1.3 percentage points (pp) in the overall adult population during the first year of the pandemic, pronounced increases occurred among younger adults aged 20-39 (2.0 pp), adults with a household income eligible for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits (2.5 pp), adults residing in the West Census region (2.8 pp), and adults with less than a high school diploma (3.3 pp).
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF cover (ERS, viewed Sept. 26, 2023).
