America has a rapidly growing problem ... When comparable records began in 2011, not one state had an obesity rate above 35 per cent. Our map shows that West Virginia currently has the highest ...

A new study finds that three quarters of American adults and half of adolescents are too heavy. That's making more of us sick ...

Around two-fifths of U.S. adults in recent years lived with obesity, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Separate data from the agency shows 37 states in 2023 ...

Obesity Won't Be Solely Defined by BMI Under ... A spokesman for the health insurance trade group AHIP, formerly known as America's Health Insurance Plans, said “it's too early at this point ...

“About 40% of the adult population in America has obesity, when it’s defined solely by BMI,” Kushner says. But do all of these millions of Americans have a disease? And do they all need treatmen ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis ... formerly known as America's Health Insurance Plans, said "it's too early at this point ...

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis ... formerly known as America’s Health Insurance Plans, said “it’s too early at this ...