The prevalence of obesity and severe obesity markedly increased among adults and children in the US from the 1970s and 1980s until now.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday revealed that childhood and teen obesity rates in the U.S.

Obesity is becoming more prevalent in a growing number of states, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The information shows that in 22 states in 2022 at least 35 ...

Alaina Vidmar, MD, Medical Director, Obesity Medicine, and Bariatric Surgery at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles discusses a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found ...

According to data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the prevalence of obesity is rising all across the nation. The CDC data found that 22 states had a prevalence, or “proportion of adults ...

U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

ATLANTA - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), based in Atlanta, has taken a closer look at the nation's obesity rates, revealing that nearly half of U.S. adults are considered obese.

U.S. children and teens are now at record-high levels of obesity — with more than one in five affected by obesity.  Severe obesity among youth is c ...

ATLANTA, GA. – The prevalence of adult obesity is increasing in the United States, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC said Thursday that its 2019 ...

A public health expert examines how 'The Pitt' portrays obesity with clinical dignity—and what real-world medicine often misses about weight bias and patient safety.