40% of American women are obese - The Decline is real

http://www.livescience.com/54994-obesity-rate-women.html http://time.com/4359637/obesity-americans-women-men/ http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/07/health/obesity-trends-women-men-teens/

More women are obese than men. They are making progress on that front while men have plateaued.

In general 2/3rd of American adults are overweight.

In fact, obesity increased by 5% for women over a decade, said Ogden, of the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

http://stateofobesity.org/obesity-rates-trends-overview/

Women are also almost twice as likely (9.9 percent) to be extremely obese compared to men (5.5 percent);

Approximately one in four young adults — ages 17 to 24 — are too overweight to join the military. Being overweight or obese is the leading medical reason why young adults cannot enlist.19,20 And, the military spends more than $1.5 billion on healthcare costs and on recruiting replacements for those who are too unfit to serve.