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2. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), ... 100 Iceland: 22.59 101 Malaysia: 22.4 102 Slovenia: 22.2 103 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Obesity in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Prevalence of obesity in the adult population, top countries (2016), the United States has the tenth highest rate in the world. The CDC defines an adult (a person aged 20 years or greater) with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater as obese and an adult with a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9 as overweight. [2]

5. ‘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 ...

6. Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40% ...

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   Meanwhile, rates of severe obesity increased from 9.2% between 2017 and 2020 to 9.7% between August 2021 and August 2023. Between 2013 and 2014, an estimated 7.7% of adults were severely obese.

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. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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   USDA chart showing the increase in soda consumption and the decrease in milk consumption from 1947 to 2001 [6]. From 1971 to 2000, the average daily number of calories which women consumed in the United States increased by 335 calories per day (1542 calories in 1971 and 1877 calories in 2000).

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

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   Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, a study found. The researchers suggested that might be due, in part, to the rise of weight loss drugs ...