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...
Obesity rates remain highest among adults 40 to 59 years old, at 46.4%. Rates are lowest among those 20 to 39 years old, at 35.5%. Severe obesityrates continue to increase, the CDC's survey also found. Adjusted for age, the prevalence of adults with a BMI of greater than or equal to...
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 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 study analyzes a CDC dataset on US adult obesity and physical activity from 2011 to 2022. Despite rising obesity rates and insufficient fruit consumption, physical activity levels are increasing and overweight rates are slightly declining. The role of ultra-processed food intake, price sensitivity...
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. Advertisement The obesity rate has risen about 40% in the ...
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 ...
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. Theobesity ratehas risen about 40% in the last two decades. ...
Moreover, another limitation of this study is the impossibility to control for all the comorbidities, such as obesity, diabetes, smoking, and cancer, which may influence COVID-19 vulnerability and, through that, willingness to get a vaccine. Including all these variables would be impossible in ...
Before 2013, no state had a rate that high, said Dr. Alyson Goodman, who leads a CDC team focused on population health. Color-coded U.S. maps tracking the change have gradually shifted from green and yellow, the hues associated with lower obesity rates, to orange and dark red, linked ...