More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, type 2 ...

More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show.

The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of ...

The latest CDC survey found 4 in 10 adults in the U.S. were obese. A map shows the states with the highest and lowest rates.

According to new numbers from a 2021 survey conducted through 2023, the obesity rate in the U.S. stands at 40%, a slight ...

The general rate of obesity among adults in the United States has stagnated, but the rate of severe obesity has increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its latest report analyzing data on the state of obesity ...

A new CDC report says severe obesity is becoming more common in the U.S. Nearly 1 in 10 adults have severe obesity, and women ...

Measures of obesity and severe obesity are determined according to body mass index, a calculation based on height and weight.

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity has climbed since a decade ...

Over 40 percent of U.S. adults are now obese, with rates roughly the same for men and women, new government data shows.