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2. New study finds first US obesity decline in 10 years. Is ...

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   For the first time in a decade, adult obesity in the United States dropped last year, a new study has found, ... obesity in American adults between ages 26-75 dropped about 0.15%.

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

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   For the first time in a decade, rates of adult obesity in the United States have dropped, a new study has found.. The study followed nearly 17 million people, the majority of whom were in the 26 ...

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] Obesity in adults is divided into three ...

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. Obesity - Wikipedia

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   In 2014, more than 600 million adults were obese, equal to about 13 percent of the world's adult population, [218] with that figure growing to 16% by 2022, according to the World Health Organisation [219] The percentage of adults affected in the United States as of 2015–2016 is about 39.6% overall (37.9% of males and 41.1% of females). [220]

7. Diet and obesity - Wikipedia

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   Prevalence of obesity in the adult population by region (2000 - 2016) Prevalence of obesity in the adult population in 2016. New agricultural technologies have led to an overall reduction in the cost of food relative to household income, especially in high-income countries.

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

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   In 23 states, more than 1 in 3 adults had obesity, the data showed. Before 2013, no state had a rate that high, said Dr. Alyson Goodman, who leads a CDC team focused on population health.

9. List of sovereign states by body mass index - Wikipedia

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   The data for mean body mass index by country was published by the World Health Organization. The list below refers to year 2014. The list below refers to year 2014. Data