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  2. 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. [4] Obesity in adults is divided into three ...

  3. 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 ...

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

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    Results of the study indicate that Black women in the U.S., ages 66-75, saw the largest decrease in obesity between 2022-2023.

  5. 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 ...

  6. List of countries by obesity rate - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by obesity rate, with data from the World Health Organization (WHO), ... United States: 42.87 14 Palau: 42.2 15 Belize: 41.91 16 Saudi ...

  7. Demographics of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Under federal law, the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, [41] the number of first-generation immigrants living in the United States has increased, [42] from 9.6 million in 1970 to about 38 million in 2007. [43] Around a million people legally immigrated to the United States per year in the 1990s, up from 250,000 per year in the 1950s. [44]

  8. Report shows 23 states have reached 35% obesity rate ... - AOL

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    Currently, four in 10 adults in the U.S. have obesity, and nearly 20% of U.S. kids have obesity, according to the report. Report shows 23 states have reached 35% obesity rate; here’s how Texas fares

  9. Epidemiology of obesity - Wikipedia

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    Obesity rates in the United States have nearly tripled since the 1960s. In 1962, about 13% of adult Americans were obese, [ 39 ] and by 2002, obesity rates reached 33% of the adult population. [ 40 ] According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Study collected between the 1970s and 2004, the prevalence of overweight and obesity ...