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According to the 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), 16.3% of high school students had obesity and an additional 16% were overweight. The information from YRBSS is based on a survey of participating states and uses self-reported information. State obesity rates among high school students ranged from a low of 10.2% in Utah to a high of 26.9% in West Virginia.

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26.9%
of high school students in West Virginia had obesity, the highest rate of any state.
16.3%
Of high school students nationally had obesity.
29.4%
Of Native American high schoolers had obesity, the highest among all racial and ethnic groups.
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The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System is a biannual survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For more information, see the Methodology and Data page.

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