The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps but updated on September ... Dr. Karen Hacker, director of the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health ...

Around 40% of adults in the U.S. are obese, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests — marking the first time in over a decade that the nation's obesity rate has not ...

A map shows places that Kennedy may tackle first due to high levels of obesity in those states, as reported by the Centers ...

Mississippi has been crowned the unhealthiest state in the U.S., according to data collected on national rates of obesity, ...

Drawing on data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, among others, World Population Review compiled its ...

TAMPA, Fla., Sept. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Obesity Action Coalition (OAC) today responded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) newest data on obesity prevalence in the ...

According to the CDC, 41.9 percent of adults and 19.7 percent of children have obesity in the U.S.—based on data from 2017 to 2020—and severe obesity affects 9.2 percent of adults. Meanwhile ...