The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps but updated on September ... Dr. Karen Hacker, director of ...

Overall, 33.4 percent of American adults have obesity, a CDC report revealed, while separate figures suggest the rates among children are as high as 17 percent. The recent CDC report found the ...

Certain factors, including income, education and access to health care, also are not available in the CDC WONDER database.

On Sept. 19, the CDC released the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps, which showed that Nevada’s adult obesity prevalence for ...

According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same estimate, which is based on National Health ...

The overall rate of obesity-related heart disease deaths increased by 5.03% annually during the 21-year study period.

The neurodegenerative disorder affects millions of Americans, and its impact varies significantly across the country.

In the United States, obesity-related ischemic heart disease (IHD) mortality is increasing, with the highest rates ...

Among them, 60% were female and about 45% lived in the South region of the U.S. Nearly 15 million youths ages 2 to 19 have obesity in the U.S. The CDC estimates that 1 in 5 youths meet the ...

Since semaglutide was approved by the FDA for weight loss under the brand name Wegovy in 2021, GLP-1 medications—originally ...