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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 ...
Study authors point to semaglutide medication and “behavior changes” as a possible cause for the shift
Published in JAMA Health Forum on Friday, the study, "Changes in Adult Obesity Trends in the US," found that between 2022 and 2023, obesity in American adults between ages 26-75 dropped about 0.15%.
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 ...
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.
MORE: US obesity rates drop for 1st time in a decade, with possible help from weight loss medications. Pre-clinical obesity refers to excess fat without organ dysfunction but increased risk of ...
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 ...
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 ...