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.

But the rate of severe obesity in women was nearly twice as high compared with their male counterparts. Women ages 40 to 59 had the highest prevalence of severe obesity compared with all other ages.

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 ...

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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 ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.