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Obesity in America: CDC looks at prevalence and health risks
More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers. And 9.4% of adults have severe obesity, which is somewhat more common in women than in men.
Obesity rate in U.S. adults no longer growing, new CDC data suggests
The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows the states with the highest and lowest rates.
Obesity rate drops to 40% overall, rising among women, CDC says
According to new numbers from a 2021 survey conducted through 2023, the obesity rate in the U.S. stands at 40%, a slight decrease from the 42% recorded in the previous four-year period.
Obesity rates in US not growing for first time in a decade, but severe obesity on the rise: CDC
The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of continued increase for over a decade.
Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC
More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show.
Severe Obesity Continues To Rise in the U.S.
A 2021-2023 survey of around 6,000 individuals found that the obesity rate in the United States stands at approximately 40 percent.
Four in 10 U.S. adults are now obese, with severe obesity rising
Over 40 percent of U.S. adults are now obese, with rates roughly the same for men and women, new government data shows.
Severe obesity is on the rise in the US
Most telling though, the results that show that the overall obesity rate in the U.S. has not changed significantly in a decade, even as the rate of severe obesity climbed from nearly 8% in the 2013-2014 survey to nearly 10% in the most recent one. Before that, obesity had increased rapidly in the U.S. since the 1990s, federal surveys showed.
Obesity rates hold steady, but severe obesity is on the rise
Measures of obesity and severe obesity are determined according to body mass index, a calculation based on height and weight. People with a BMI of 30 are considered to have obesity; those with a BMI of 40 or higher have severe obesity. BMI is regarded as a flawed tool but remains widely used by doctors to screen for obesity.
Good and Bad News on the Obesity Front in the U.S.
On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its latest report analyzing data on the state of obesity ...
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Obesity rate now at 40%
According to a new report from the CDC, obesity is now at 40% in the U.S., which is slightly down from 42% four years ago.
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‘Alarming’: Severe obesity is climbing in the US. See who is most affected
Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has ...
Report shows 23 states have reached 35% obesity rate; here’s how Texas fares
Currently, four in 10 adults in the U.S. have obesity, and nearly 20% of U.S. kids have obesity, according to the report.