Adult Overweight and Obesity Rates

Only 31.8 percent of adults living in the Pittsburgh region reported being a healthy weight in 2016, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.  A healthy weight is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 and 25.

However, that percentage is the highest among Pittsburgh TODAY’s benchmark regions.

Obesity is a different story.  About 35 percent of adults in the Pittsburgh region were obese in 2016–right at the benchmark average.  Obesity is defined as having a BMI of 30 or higher.