19-1


19-1.		Increase the proportion of adults who are at a healthy weight.

Target: 60 percent.

Baseline: 42 percent of adults aged 20 years and older were at a healthy weight (defined as a body mass index [BMI] equal to or greater than 18.5 and less than 25) in 1988–94 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).

Target setting method: Better than the best.

Data source: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), CDC, NCHS.

Adults Aged 20 Years and Older, 1988–94 (unless noted)	Healthy Weight
	19-1. Both Genders	Females*	Males*
	Percent
TOTAL	42	45	38
Race and ethnicity
American Indian or Alaska Native	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian or Pacific Islander	DSU	DSU	DSU
Asian	DNC	DNC	DNC
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander	DNC	DNC	DNC
Black or African American	34	29	40
White	42	47	37

Hispanic or Latino	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mexican American	30	31	30
Not Hispanic or Latino	43	47	39
Black or African American	34	29	40
White	43	49	38
Age
20 to 39 years	51	55	48
40 to 59 years	36	40	31
60 years and older	36	37	33
Family income level^†
Lower income (<130 percent of poverty threshold)	38	33	44
Higher income (>130 percent of poverty threshold)	43	48	37
Disability status
Persons with disabilities	32 (1991–94)	35 (1991–94)	30 (1991–94)
Persons without disabilities	41 (1991–94)	45 (1991–94)	36 (1991–94)
Select populations
Persons with arthritis	36 (1991–94)	37 (1991–94)	34 (1991–94)
Persons without arthritis	43 (1991–94)	47 (1991–94)	40 (1991–94)
Persons with diabetes	26	DNA	DNA
Persons without diabetes	43	DNA	DNA
Persons with high blood pressure	27	29	26
Persons without high blood pressure	46	50	42

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.
*Data for females and males are displayed to further characterize the issue.
^†A household income below 130 percent of poverty threshold is used by the Food Stamp Program.