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The most recent statistics from the NHANES of age adjusted obesity rates for Black adults 20 years and older in the U.S. in 2016 was 46.8%. [70] According to the obesity rates from the NHANES 2016 data, Black men had significantly lower obesity rates than Black women; their rates were 36.9% and 54.8%, respectively. [71]
Obesity is one of the leading health issues in the United States, with some estimates suggesting that obesity results in about 300,000 excess deaths per year. [52] However, in 2005 using different methodology, research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention produced a nationwide estimate of 129,000 excess deaths per year relative to ...
Black individuals, and especially Black women, had higher mortality rates than any other group in the study. From 1999-2020, obesity-related cardiovascular disease deaths tripled Skip to main content
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 ...
In 2016, the WHO recorded 56.7 million deaths [3] with the leading cause of death as cardiovascular disease causing more than 17 million deaths (about 31% of the total) as shown in the chart to the side. In 2021, there were approx. 68 million deaths worldwide, as per WHO report.
Obesity dipped in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, research found. That might be due, in part, to weight loss drugs like Ozempic.
This article includes a list of U.S. states sorted by birth and death rate, expressed per 1,000 inhabitants, for 2021, using the most recent data available from the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics.
This is the greatest risk factor of death in people with obesity, according to a new study. Madeline Holcombe, CNN. February 7, 2024 at 3:57 PM. Jordan Lye/Moment RF/Getty Images.