Obesity is an epidemic in the America. Four in 10 U.S. adults fit the medical definition of having obesity, which puts them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease ...

America's growing obesity epidemic: 3 charts explain obesity rates across the US. Sara Chernikoff. USA TODAY. More than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, ...

Prior to the update, BMI charts for children ages 2 to 19 had been published in 2000 and were based on data from 1963 to 1980 when obesity rates in children were much lower.

If obesity rates truly are falling, there may be other explanations. The Sports & Fitness Industry Association reported a 5 percent increase in exercise since 2017, for example, and a 2024 study ...

Line chart showing that the U.S. obesity rate on the rise since the 1980s. More than two in five adults were considered obese, while nearly one in ten had severe obesity, ...

Obesity rates for Black children and adolescents are 22.4% in the decade before the pandemic and 35% in the 2 years after the ...

The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps but updated on September 12, 2024, shows that every state in the U.S. has an obesity rate of over 20 percent.

Obesity rates for U.S. adults were at or higher than 35 percent in twenty-three states in 2023, part of a multi-decade increase in the rates of Americans living with obesity, according to a report ...

Breaking the data down demographically, Asian adults didn't have an obesity prevalence above 35% in any state. Black adults had an obesity rate above 35% in 38 states, Hispanic adults in 34 states ...

Since 2011, Alabama’s obesity rate has climbed more than the nation as a whole. Alabama went from 32% of residents qualifying as obese in 2011 to 39.9% in 2021, an increase of 7.9 percentage points.

Line chart showing that the U.S. obesity rate on the rise since the 1980s. More than two in five adults were considered obese, while nearly one in ten had severe obesity, ...