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For millions of Americans — and especially Black Americans shouldering the greatest burden of the obesity epidemic — we cannot afford to wait any longer. Prevention is important.
Results of the study indicate that Black women in the U.S., ages 66-75, saw the largest decrease in obesity between 2022-2023. ... obesity in American adults between ages 26-75 dropped about 0.15%.
For adult Latina women the rate was 50.6%, making them second to African-American women. [70] Within the Hispanic or Latino category, obesity statistics for Mexican or Mexican Americans were provided, with no breakdown by sex. [67] The obesity rate for Mexican or Mexican Americans adults (over 30 BMI) in the US in 2015 was 35.2%. [67]
Obesity rates vary between diverse social groups, with some racial groups and low-income individuals more likely to be obese while other minorities show lower rates. As of 2014 the rates were as low as 12% for non-Hispanic Asian women and as high as 57% among African American women. [46] [47] The incidence of obesity also varies with geography.
In the United States the number of children a person has had is related to their risk of obesity. A woman's risk of obesity increases by 7% per child, while a man's risk increases by 4% per child. [24] This could be partly explained by the fact that having dependent children decreases physical activity in Western parents. [25]
About 4 in 10 American adults are obese, and nearly 1 in 10 is severely so, ... The survey found that the obesity rate was 42% — higher than the 40% found in a similar 2015-16 study. The severe ...
[29] [92] [72] In a 2010 review examining whether weight stigma is an appropriate public health tool for treating and preventing overweight and obesity, Puhl and Heuer concluded that stigmatizing individuals with obesity is detrimental in three important ways: (1) it threatens actual physical health, (2) it perpetuates health disparities, and ...
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 ...