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  2. Obesity rates are above 20% in every U.S. state, CDC ... - AOL

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    More than one in five American adults in every U.S. state are obese, with rates rising in many states, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sept. 12 ...

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

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    The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...

  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]

  5. About 40% of US adults are obese, government survey finds - AOL

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    The survey found that the obesity rate was 42% — higher than the 40% found in a similar 2015-16 study. The severe obesity rate was more than 9% in the new survey, up from the 8% figure in the ...

  6. Obesity dipped in U.S. adults last year for the first time in ...

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    The Summary. 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 ...

  7. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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    The rate of increase in the incidence of obesity began to slow in the 2000s, but as of 2014, obesity, severe obesity, and obesity in children continued to rise. [ 43 ] [ 47 ] Prevalence of obesity between 1960 and 2004 in the USA

  8. Social determinants of obesity - Wikipedia

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    Malnutrition in early life is believed to play a role in the rising rates of obesity in the developing world. [23] Endocrine changes that occur during periods of malnutrition may promote the storage of fat once more calories become available. [23]

  9. Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40% ...

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    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.