Who does class III obesity affect?

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Who does class III obesity affect?

Anyone can develop class III obesity, including children and adults. However, due to its complexity, class III obesity tends to affect people differently. Based on a study on the prevalence (commonness) of class III obesity in adults in the United States between 2017 and 2018, here’s how class III obesity affects different people:

  • Sex: Approximately 11.5% of women and people assigned female at birth have class III obesity compared to 6.9% of men and people assigned male at birth.
  • Age: Class III obesity affects 11.5% of adults aged 40 to 59, 9.1% of adults aged 20 to 39 and 5.8% of adults aged 60 and over.
  • Race: Non-Hispanic Black adults had the highest prevalence of class III obesity at 13.8%, and non-Hispanic Asian adults had the lowest at 2.0%.

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