Shields M., Carroll M.D., Ogden C.L. Adult Obesity Prevalence in Canada and the United States. NCHS Data Brief no. 56, Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, 2011

This brief report provides for the first time important data characterizing obesity rates (and changes thereof) for American and Canadian residents over the past 2 decades. Key findings are: 1) current prevalence of obesity is lower in Canada than in the United States, especially among non-Hispanic white individuals; 2) obesity rates have increased in both countries; and 3) obesity rates among young and middle-aged Canadian women are now similar...