US obesity rates unchanged from a decade ago, CDC saysHigh US obesity rates have remained that way in recent years, with more than one-third of adults (35.7 percent) and nearly 17 percent of children found to be obese in 2009-2010, representing little change from 2003.GlobalPost...
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 come from a new report by the CDC's ...
In 2013, not one state had an adult obesity rate topping 35 percent, but 10 years later, 23 states had achieved that distinction. Obesity is defined by the CDC as a body mass index of 30 or higher. Millions more Americans struggling with their weight is really bad news, the CDC said i...
The US obesity rate for adults has climbed to 37.7%, up from 32.2% 10 years ago, according to areportreleased Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). And after nearly a decade of women and men having similar rates, women now have higher rates (38.3% vs 34.3%)...
In 2013, not one state had an adult obesity rate topping 35 percent, but 10 years later, 23 states had achieved that distinction. Obesity is defined by the CDC as a body mass index of 30 or higher. Millions more Americans struggling with their weight is really bad news, the CDC said ...
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...
But it’s clear that adult obesity rates are trending up, said the CDC’s Cynthia Ogden, one of the report’s authors. A half-century ago, about 1 in 100 American adults were severely obese. Now it’s 10 times more common. The obesity rate has risen about 40% in the last two deca...
(HealthDay)—The adult obesity rate in the United States remains as high as ever, with one in three Americans carrying unhealthy amounts of weight, according to a new federal report.
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 ...
Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S. About 4 in 10 Americans have obesity overall and about 1 in 10 have severe obesity.