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Obesity - American Medical Association

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Obesity. Obesity affects more than one in three American adults. The AMA is committed to providing timely information for doctors and the general public, including risk …

Trends in Obesity and Severe Obesity …

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Among adults aged 20 years and older, obesity was defined as a body mass index (BMI; calculated as weight in …

Adult Obesity Facts | Overweight & Obesity | CDC

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Obesity Statistics In 2023 – Forbes Health

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According to the 2022 State of Obesity report, Black adults have the highest rate of obesity in the U.S.—49.9%—compared to 45.6% of Hispanic adults, 41.4% of …

Prevalence of Obesity in the United States, 2011-2012

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Objective To provide the most recent national estimates of childhood obesity, analyze trends in childhood obesity between 2003 and 2012, and provide …

Prevalence of obesity and trends in body mass index …

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Results: In 2009-2010, 9.7% (95% CI, 7.6%-12.3%) of infants and toddlers had a high weight-for-recumbent length and 16.9% (95% CI, 15.4%-18.4%) of children and …

Obesity in America - American Society for Metabolic and …

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CDC estimates 42.4% of U.S. adults had obesity and 9.2% had severe obesity in 2017, the highest incidence ever recorded in America (latest report). Non-Hispanic Black adults …

Obesity: The Journal of The Obesity Society

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Seeking groundbreaking scientific information on obesity? Looking for leading-edge, peer-reviewed research? Then Obesity is your essential source. By reading Obesity, the official journal of The Obesity …

The bad news—and the good—about …

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From the earliest days of the pandemic, it’s been known that obesity is a risk factor for severe COVID-19, but a study recently released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …

Association of all-cause mortality with overweight and …

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We selected the most complex model available for the full sample and used a variety of sensitivity analyses to address issues of possible overadjustment (adjusted for …