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.
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healthier communities where people of all ages have safe places for physical activity, and where health care and healthy food options are accessible and affordable for all,” said Karen Hacker, M.D., M.P.H., director of the CDC National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Pro...
[1] According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), between 2017 and March 2020, the U.S. obesity rate in children and adolescents aged 2-19 years was 19.7%.[2] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that in 2023, adult obesity rates in ...
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Shen Hongbing, director of the China CDC, said at the China Obesity Science Conference that new technologies have been adopted to monitor and intervene in overweight and obesity, such as personalized nutrition plans based on personal health data, obesity risk assessment models powered by artificial ...
"Obesity and extreme obesity during early childhood are likely to continue into adulthood," writes study author Dr. Liping Pan, a researcher at the CDC. "Understanding trends in extreme obesity is important because the prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors increases with severity of childhood ob...
All U.S. states and territories had obesity rates higher than 20 percent. In 23 states, more than 1 in 3 adults had obesity, the data showed. Before 2013, no state had a rate that high, said Dr. Alyson Goodman, who leads a CD...
Results of a large study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) regarding COVID-19 severity and obesity (see Infographic below), as well as data regarding antibody response to vaccination in patients with obesity, resulted in this week's top trending clinical topic. ...
Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Judy Simon, MS, RDN, CD, CHES, FAND, about nutrition and other lifestyle considerations for women with polycystic ovary syndrome seeking to conceive. News January 17, 2025 4 min read ...