Comparatively, obesity rates in most European countries remain below 25 percent, with some nations, particularly in Southern ...

About 13% of the world is obese. In America, that number is more than 40%.

According to Bartelt and colleagues, there have been recent contrasting reports on obesity trends in the United States, “with some reporting a peak in the rate of obesity and others reporting ...

The prevalence of obesity and diabetes has grown worldwide, presenting notable challenges to public health and health care ...

A Lancet study reveals that global obesity rates have doubled since 1990, with over 2 billion people now overweight or obese. More than half of them reside in just eight countries, including India and ...

Without urgent policy reform and action, over half the world's adult population (3.8 billion) and a third of all children and ...

More than three in four adults in the UK will be obese or overweight by 2050, a Lancet study has revealed. Experts predict ...

About 42% of men and 46% of women in the U.S. were obese in 2021 ... from 1990 to 2021 to capture current trends, then then used those trends to project obesity rates out to 2050.

The findings highlight "monumental societal failures" in the fight against obesity, said population health researcher Jessica Kerr.

WESH 2's Jason Guy and Orlando Health Weight Loss & Bariatric Surgery Institute surgeon, Dr. Muhammad Ghanem, discuss potential influences on the downward trend ...

"In the United States, childhood obesity rates remain alarmingly high, with over 22% of children 6 to 19 years old classified as obese," Paul said. "We aimed to address this trend through a novel ...