Around 40% of adults in the U.S. are obese, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests — marking the first time in over a decade that the nation's obesity rate has not inched up in results from the federal government's national health survey. The figures ...
The research entitled "Obesity Among Adults in the U.S.: No Significant Change in 2005-06," which was led by the National Center for Health Statistics and was based on the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, reveals that there was no significant change in obesity prevalence among...
Previously, the CDC reported that the national prevalence of obesity among adults was 42% in 2017–18. In the United States and other developed countries, overweight and obesity have been increasing for decades, the result of changing diets, sedentary lifestyles, and genetic factors. The coronaviru...
Obesity falls slightly in US, remains high: CDC More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show. September 24, 2024 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams ...
"It's kind of a confirmation of what we saw last time, that the prevalence of obesity in adults may be leveling off," said co-author Cynthia Ogden, a senior epidemiologist with the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics. "From 2003-04 through 2011-12, there have been no statistical...
Obesity for children is defined as a BMI that is higher than 95% of kids of the same age and gender, according to the CDC. Severe obesity is a BMI that is 120% higher than the 95th percentile. Although children’s BMI is calculated using the same formula as adults, a healthy weight ...
Survey of 400,000 Americans found Colorado had lowest obesity rate at under 21 percent; Mississippi highest at 34.9 percent
"By getting to and keeping a healthy weight, we all can play a role in cancer prevention," Fitzgerald said. According to the CDC, in 2013 and 2014, about two thirds of U.S. adults were overweight or had obesity and many people are not aware that being overweight and having obesity are...
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50.8%, of the adult patients with COVID-19 in our study had obesity, compared to 42.4% nationally," lead author Lyudmyla Kompaniyets, PhD, toldMedscape Medical News. "This suggests that adults with COVID-19 and obesity might commonly receive care in emergency departments or hospital settings...