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2. Obesity rates are above 20% in every U.S. state, CDC ... - AOL

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   Obesity rates are highest among Black and Hispanic Americans More than 35% of Black adults in 38 states are obese, the CDC report found. In 34 states, more than 35% of Hispanic people have a BMI ...

3. ‘Alarming’: Severe obesity is climbing in the US. See who is ...

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   Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.. The ...

4. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The obesity rate for Asian adults 18 years and older (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2015 was 10.7%. [64] No breakdown by sex was given for Asian adults in the CDC figures. [64] In more recent statistics from the NHANES in 2016 of a breakdown by sex was provided. Asian adults 20 years and older had a total obesity rate of 12.7%.

5. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Obesity has been observed throughout human history. Many early depictions of the human form in art and sculpture appear obese. [2] However, it was not until the 20th century that obesity became common — so much so that, in 1997, the World Health Organization (WHO) formally recognized obesity as a global epidemic [3] and estimated that the worldwide prevalence of obesity has nearly tripled ...

6. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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   The portion size of many prepackage and restaurant foods has increased in both the United States and Denmark since the 1970s. [7] Fast food servings, for example, are 2 to 5 times larger than they were in the 1980s. Evidence has shown that larger portions of energy-dense foods lead to greater energy intake and thus to greater rates of obesity ...

7. Obesity Rates in the U.S. Drop for the First Time in a Decade ...

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   The study followed nearly 17 million people, the majority of whom were in the 26-75 age range, and found that after climbing steadily since 2013, rates of obesity in the U.S. fell 0.15% in 2023 ...

8. Canton is ranked the fattest city in Ohio in recent obesity ...

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   A recent obesity study by WalletHub ranks Canton as the most obese city in Ohio, and No. 18 in the nation.. About 42% of the US population is obese, according to the Centers for Disease Control ...

9. Trust for America's Health - Wikipedia

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   The report uses 10 "key indicators" to measure the public health preparedness of each state. For 2017, 25 states received a score of 5 or lower. Nineteen out of 50 states increased public health funding during the 2017 fiscal year. Additionally, at the federal level public health funding has been cut in half since 2002, the report found. [6]