The U.S. Obesity Map

The Neighborhood Map of U.S. Obesity shows the estimated per centum of the adult population that is fat inside each 250m grid jail cellular telephone inward the United States. Grid cells on the map are colored past times the per centum of adults who are estimated to last fat inward that area.

The obesity information for the map is surmised from the National Health in addition to Nutrition Examination Survey. Using the results of the survey it is possible to calculate statistical models that gauge the hateful Body Mass Index in addition to shape of the BMI distribution across age, gender, race, Hispanic origin, in addition to educational attainment.

These statistical models bring in addition to so been used alongside demographic information to attach a BMI value to every mortal aged 20 years or over inward the United States. It is thus of import to Federal Reserve annotation that the map estimates obesity based on statistical models in addition to the demographics of each grid cell.