Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year, research found — the first time in more than a decade that the country has seen a downward trend. That might be due, in part, to the recent rise ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

After years of rising obesity rates in the US, the numbers dipped slightly during 2023, though experts disagree about the exact cause ...

Obesity affects over 1 billion people globally, with 40 percent of U.S. adults classified as obese under the present ...

The obesity rate ... 2022 to 45.6 percent last year. The researchers also discovered that obesity has declined substantially in the South, including among women older adults, ages 66 to 75.

In a recent article published in JAMA Health Forum, researchers assessed trends in obesity and body ... For non-pregnant adults, the highest BMI was recorded each year, along with demographic ...

The Maryland program’s spending on both obesity and Type 2 diabetes drugs grew 86% year-over-year ... disease affecting more than 40% of U.S. adults. The Food and Drug Administration has ...

The study reviewed the body mass index (BMIs), a measure of obesity, of 16.7 million U.S. adults over a 10-year period. The average BMI rose annually to 30.24 — which is considered obese — until it ...

For the first time in a decade, the United States is seeing a slight decline in obesity rates. A new study published in JAMA Health Forum titled "Changes in Adult Obesity Trends in the US" reveals ...

2023 marked a decline in BMI and obesity prevalence in the US ... per year and by demographic strata were conducted to calculate mean population BMI and the percentage of adults with obesity.