Obesity among U.S. adolescents and teens has remained stable in the U.S. of late, but varies among states.
The new figures come just a week after the CDC released its state map of obesity rates around the country, based on results from a different ongoing survey run by the agency, which found that more than a third of adults in 23 states were obese in 2023. That is up from no states with...
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that treating obesity will be expensive, but those sums pale in comparison to the estimated direct and indirect costs of$1.7 trillionthat obesity places on the U.S. health care system today. In 2018, research found that obesity is theNo. 2 cause of preventable deathin the United Sta...
Over the past 20 years, several countries have experienced significant increases in obesity rates. The most notable among these include: United States The United States has seen one of the most dramatic increases in obesity rates. The prevalence of obesity among adults has more than doubled since...
Dr. Levy added that “This is a roadmap for the future that can inform discussions happening throughout the healthcare and investment ecosystem regarding the future of medicine.” More than 2000 decision-makers from healthcare, industry, finance and government attended the World Medical Innovation ...
Current treatment for psychotic disorders, bipolar disorder, and nonpsychotic mental disorders for children and adolescents in the United States often includes second-generation antipsychotic medications. “Increasingly, the cardiometabolic effects of second-generation antipsychotic medications have raised concern...
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In the United States, where adult obesity prevalence rates have been rising since the 1970s (Kranjac and Wagmiller,2016), about two-thirds of adults are now overweight and over 100,000 U.S. deaths per year are attributed to obesity (Ogden et al.,2014). With obesity rates having tripled...