More Americans are overweight than ever before. The US is losing its battle against the bulge. New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that Americans are heavier ...

Obesity rates have remained roughly the same in the U.S. over the past two years, but remain high nationwide — especially in the Midwest and South. (Getty Images) More than one in five American adults ...

The general rate of obesity among adults in the United States has stagnated, but the rate of severe obesity has increased, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A report ...

New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at least one ...

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (WTVD) -- New guidance from the CDC shows people who are obese are more likely to be at risk when it comes to COVID-19. "We don't want to impugn people but we have to understand and ...

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 ...

Data from 2023 showed that 23 states now have obesity rates exceeding 35%, a significant rise compared to 2013 when no states had rates that high, according to a Sept. 12 news release from the agency.

At least 35 percent of residents had obesity in 16 states in 2020, up from nine states in 2018, according to the CDC’s 2020 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps. Those 16 states are: Alabama, Arkansas, ...

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Overweight or obese individuals carry an increased risk of 13 types of cancer that collectively account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States, according to the CDC’s most ...

In July 1946, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — then known as the Communicable Disease Center — was launched to combat the spread of malaria, according to JAMA. Seventy years later, the ...