According to a September 2024 data brief from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ... due to obesity. Preclinical obesity was defined by the group as a “state of excess adiposity ...

The conversation surrounding health care reform has intensified in recent years, revealing deep divides in how we view personal responsibility, government intervention and public health ...

Unfortunately, not all Americans have found the motivation to shed excess weight and improve their health — according to the CDC’s most ... Prevention’s annual obesity findings taken from ...

Obesity is a chronic disease that occurs when a person has excess body fat, resulting in a high body mass index (BMI). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a person ...

Between August 2021 and August 2023, approximately 40% of U.S. adults had obesity, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Around 9.4% of those adults had severe obesity.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - For the first time in over a decade, obesity rates have dropped in the United States. A recent study by the CDC showed that from 2021 to 2023, those rates dropped from 41.9% ...