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.
About 20% of children in the U.S. have obesity, according to CDC data. Dr. Gitanjali Srivastava, the medical director of obesity medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said obesity is ...
BMI is a widely used tool for assessing obesity, but it has limitations. It doesn't account for muscle mass, fat distribution or bone density. Experts suggest using it alongside other measures for ...
Allowing such medications as options could lead to significant savings from improved health, writes Kelley Koch.
If a 13-year-old girl weighs above the 95th percentile, the doctor may diagnose obesity. However, height comes into play, too. According to the CDC, most 13-year-old males weigh between 75 and 158 lb.
Americans have lost trust in the CDC and our Federal Health Authorities, because of censorship, data manipulation and ...
During the past few years we are hearing more and more about our society being obese and overweight. According to the Health, United States 2005, a CDC report, 31 percent of adult Americans are ...
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As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...