Here are five key findings. 1. All 50 states had an obesity rate above 20 percent for 2016. 2. Obesity estimates per state ranged from 22.3 percent in Colorado to 37.7 percent in West Virginia.

At least 35 percent of residents had obesity in 16 states in 2020, up from nine states in 2018, according to the CDC's 2020 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps.

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, stroke and some cancers. And 9.4% of adults have ...

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) today responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newest data on obesity prevalence in the United ...

The researchers used CDC data to analyze more than 33,000 deaths from obesity-related cancers between 1999 and 2020.

This photo shows a scale on April 3, 2018 in New York. On Sept. 24, 2024, a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that severe obesity is on the ...

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) today responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newest data on obesity prevalence in the ...

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) today responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newest data on obesity prevalence in the ...

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) today responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newest data on obesity prevalence in the ...