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 ...

Rates of obesity and overweight are spiralling due to a "monumental societal failure" to tackle the problem, with more than ...

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 ...

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: ...

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.

Obesity prevalence did not significantly change for U.S. adults from 2013 to 2023, though the rate of severe obesity increased. The percentage of children with obesity rose annually by 0.44 ...