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'sobesityrate has not inched up in results from the federal government's national health survey. The figures come f...
The U.S. obesity rate is about 40 percent, says a 2021-2023 study of about 6,000 people. Almost one in 10 of those questioned reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Women were ne...
The severe obesity rate was more than 9% in the new survey, up from the 8% figure in the previous one. Those increases aren’t considered statistically significant: The survey numbers are small enough that there’s a mathematical chance the rates didn’t truly rise. But it’s clear that...
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Mystery Drone Sightings Continue in New Jersey and Across the US. Here's What We Know Mysterious drones have been reported flying over the eastern United States in recent weeks, sparking speculation and concern over who is flying them and why ...
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