Number of obese years not -- just obesity -- a distinct risk factor for heart damage Johns Hopkins Medicine Journal Clinical Chemistry Funder Robert Wood Johnson Harold Amos Medical Faculty ...

The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on Friday. The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that ...

The largest number of adults predicted to be overweight and obese by 2025 are expected to be in China (627m), India (450m) ...

Obesity rates in Delaware are above the national average. More than one in three adults is obese, with the same statistic for children who are overweight or obese. According to The State of Obesity: ...

Some regions have reached alarming levels: In parts of Oceania, the Middle East and North Africa, obesity rates are among the highest in the world. In Tonga, more than 70% of women are obese ...

Separate data from the agency shows 37 states in 2023 had obesity rates among adults 18 and older that ranged from 30% to less than 40%. Obesity, defined as having a body mass index of 30 or ...

Overweight and obesity rates in adults, children and teens more than doubled over the past three decades, afflicting 2.1 billion adults and 493 million young people with excess weight, researchers ...

Obesity rates are set to skyrocket, with one in six children and adolescents worldwide forecast to be obese by 2050, according to a new study.