Childhood obesity rates continue to soar in the U.S. A new study finds obesity in children and teens increased significantly ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

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Even if it has plateaued, the obesity rate is still far too high, having more than tripled since the early 1960s, when it stood at 13 percent; a decade ago, in 2013-2014, it was 37.7 percent.

If obesity rates truly are falling, there may be other explanations. The Sports & Fitness Industry Association reported a 5 percent increase in exercise since 2017, for example, and a 2024 study ...

However, in 2022 obesity rates plateaued before decreasing slightly in 2023. Boxes of Ozempic are seen in a pharmacy in Riedisheim, France, on October 23, 2023.

The overall rate of obesity in the U.S. ticked slightly downward for the first time years between August 2021 and August 2023, but severe obesity rose in the same time period.

The U.S. obesity rate is about 40 percent, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, ...

Overweight and obesity causes an estimated 14% of deaths in Europe, a meta-analysis showed; Overweight and obesity causes 6% of cancer cases in the UK (2015).

The rate of Americans 20 and older who have obesity fell from 41.9% in the 2017-20 survey period to 40.3% in the August 2021-August 2023 period, according to the National Center for Health ...

The general rate of obesity among adults in the United States has stagnated, but the rate of severe obesity has increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.. A report ...

As of 2022, more than one billion people — 43% of adults — were living with obesity across the world, according to the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a global network of health scientists.