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2. 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%.

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

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   The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

4. About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds - AOL

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   The survey found that the obesity rate was 42% — higher than the 40% found in a similar 2015-16 study. The severe obesity rate was more than 9% in the new survey, up from the 8% figure in the ...

5. US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible ...

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   For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates in the United States may finally be heading in the right direction and new weight loss drugs like semaglutide could be part of the reason why. A ...

6. Social determinants of obesity - Wikipedia

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   Changing rates of smoking, however, have had little effect on the overall rates of obesity. [ 20 ] A study done by Sucharda found that if there is smoking in families or maternal smoking, the children are put at a higher risk for obesity.

7. 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 ...

8. Obesity dipped in U.S. adults last year for the first time in ...

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   Obesity dipped in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, research found. That might be due, in part, to weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

9. Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong - The Huffington Post

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   Developing countries with higher wages for women have lower obesity rates, and lives are transformed when healthy food is made cheaper. A pilot program in Massachusetts that gave food stamp recipients an extra 30 cents for every $1 they spent on healthy food increased fruit and vegetable consumption by 26 percent.