Obesity rates for adults and older adolescents doubled over the past three decades, and the prevalence of obese or overweight US women ages 15 to 24 increased faster than men from 1990 to 2021.

There are early signs that obesity rates may have decreased in the US ... the body burns fewer calories and stores more of them as fasr. Over time, this could lead to weight gain and difficulty ...

America’s obesity rate looks to be plateauing—again.

The study, published on Thursday in The Lancet, reveals the striking rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990 — when just over half of adults were overweight or obese — and shows how more ...

shows that every state in the U.S. has an obesity rate of over 20 percent. The data also shows that in 23 states, over one in three adults — 35 percent — are living with obesity. Prior to 2013 ...

The United States is facing an alarming obesity crisis, with experts predicting that nearly 260 million Americans will be ...

Lives lost to obesity-related heart disease have nearly tripled over the past twenty years, a new study reports.

“Obesity is a serious risk factor for ischemic heart disease, and this risk is going up at an alarming rate along with ... from about 30% to about 40% over this same time frame,” Khan, a ...