There are early signs that obesity rates may have decreased in the US for the first time. A report released Tuesday by the CDC found that 40 percent of US adults were obese from 2021 to 2023 ...
The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, ...
And at the same time, lockdowns, which increased unhealthy habits overall, contributed to America’s already-extant obesity epidemic, particularly for children. Now, even the CDC has caught on.
while women were nearly twice as likely as men to report severe obesity, CDC says. Even though the overall obesity rates have ticked down as compared to the 2017-2020 survey, experts do not ...
RENO, Nev. (KOLO) - The CDC says obesity rates in the state of Nevada are declining over the past two years. On Sept. 19, the ...