Over the past several decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined, marked by rising rates of obesity ... differences across the country. Louisiana ranks 50th in the nation ...

Arkansas and Louisiana — had the highest rates, with 40% of citizens considered obese. West Virginia topped the list for ...

Since the 1960s, obesity rates have tripled ... States like West Virginia (73.2%), Iowa (72.1%), and Louisiana (72.0%) report the highest prevalence of overweight or obese adults.

Next is Louisiana (40.1%), then Oklahoma (40.0 per cent), and Mississippi (39.5 per cent). But Wisconsin has seen the biggest increase in obesity rates. When comparable records began in 2011 ...

Ozempic, Wegovy, and other GLP-1 receptor agonists have become a game-changer in obesity treatment, but their high costs—often exceeding $1,000 per month—put them out of reach for many ...

Separate data from the agency shows 37 states in 2023 had obesity rates among adults 18 and older that ranged from 30% to less than 40%. Obesity, defined as having a body mass index of 30 or ...

and genetics plays a tremendous role,” says Steven Heymsfield at Louisiana State University. That is why Rubino and his colleagues want to introduce more nuance into the definition of obesity ...

Over the past several decades, the health of the average American has steadily declined, marked by rising rates of obesity, diabetes and other chronic ... and Arkansas (17.0). Louisiana has the least ...