CDC: Average American is 15 pounds heavier than 20 years ago

A new data analysis from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Americans’ average weight in 2014 had increased for both men and women compared to 1994, while average height remained the same, a sign of the increase in obesity among the entire population.

The CDC analyzed data on more than 19,000 people between 2011 and 2014. For men, the average weight had increased to 195.7 pounds from 180.7 pounds in 1994. For women, the increase was slightly bigger, with the average weight going from 152.3 pounds in 1994 to 168.5 pounds in this analysis. When calculating body mass index (BMI), this means the average man or woman in the U.S. is overweight—and is close to being considered obese.

Height, on the other hand, remained unchanged. The average U.S. man stands at just over 5 feet 9 inches, while the average women is about 5 feet 4 inches.

When broken down by age group, the biggest increase among women was those aged 20 to 29, whose average weight increased by 20.7 pounds to 161.8 pounds. For men, the biggest increase was the 60-69 age range, which saw its average weight go up by 16.9 pounds to 199.7 pounds. The heaviest group overall was men between the ages of 40 and 49, who weighed an average of 201.7 pounds. In 1994, no age group had an average weight of above 200.

Children have been putting on extra weight, too. The average 11-year-old boys weighed 13.5 pounds more than they did in 1994, while girls the same age weigh 7.4 pounds more on average. The average 11-year-old boy did add a full inch in average height from 1994, while the average height for 11-year-old girls remained the same.

While most Americans didn’t become taller, waists have become bigger in the past two decades. The average waist circumference increased from 37.5 inches to 40 inches for men and from 34.9 inches to 38.1 inches for women.