while women were nearly twice as likely as men to report severe obesity, CDC says. Even though the overall obesity rates have ticked down as compared to the 2017-2020 survey, experts do not ...
The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, ...
There are early signs that obesity rates may have decreased in the US for the first time. A report released Tuesday by the CDC found that 40 percent of US adults were obese from 2021 to 2023 ...