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For the first time, the annual report includes an analysis that forecasts 2030 adult obesity rates in each state and the likely resulting rise in obesity-related disease rates and health care costs.
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]
And around half of all Americans will be obese by 2030, researchers predict. ... U.S. obesity rates rose 11%—from 31% to 42%—and the rate of severe obesity nearly doubled, ...
[30] [222] [223] The OECD has projected an increase in obesity rates until at least 2030, especially in the United States, Mexico and England with rates reaching 47%, 39% and 35%, respectively. [224] Once considered a problem only of high-income countries, obesity rates are rising worldwide and affecting both the developed and developing world ...
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 ...
Obesity in Canada varies by ethnicity; people of Aboriginal origin have a significantly higher rate of obesity (37.6%) than the national average. [ 36 ] In children obesity has substantially increased between 1989 and 2004 with rates in boys increasing from 2% to 10% and rates among girls increasing from 2% to 9%.
Today, nearly 108 million American adults are living with obesity, and that number is expected to jump significantly, crossing the 50% threshold by 2030. While that statistic is undoubtedly ...
[3] [4] [5] Let's Move! sought to decrease childhood obesity to 5% by 2030. [6] Despite its goal, the Let's Move! initiative did not cause a decline in obesity rates. In 2008, 68% of Americans were either overweight or obese. By 2016, that number jumped to 71.2%. In 2018, more than 73.1% of Americans were either overweight or obese. [7]