The US is now the fattest it’s ever been as obesity rates rise again, CDC says — and these are the most overweight states
The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, ...
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CDC Confirms What We Already Knew: Obesity Makes Coronavirus Worse
And at the same time, lockdowns, which increased unhealthy habits overall, contributed to America’s already-extant obesity epidemic, particularly for children. Now, even the CDC has caught on.
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US obesity rates FALL for the first time ever, new CDC data shows
There are early signs that obesity rates may have decreased in the US for the first time. A report released Tuesday by the CDC found that 40 percent of US adults were obese from 2021 to 2023 ...
‘Profound tragedy’: Future obesity rates are a ‘monumental societal failure,’ expert says
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 40 percent of adults in the United States are currently considered obese. Now a new report has found that this number is ...
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No significant change seen in obesity rate for US adults from 2013 to 2023
Emmerich, DVM, an epidemiologist at the CDC National Center for Health ... interesting to see compared with historical trends of increasing obesity rates in the U.S. “Collecting these data ...