You can see the obesity rates where you live and how they have changed in the last decade using our interactive map. See the interactive map here. The CDC data was based on self-reported height ...

The figures, initially from the 2023 Adult Obesity Prevalence Maps but updated on September ... Dr. Karen Hacker, director of ...

The map reveals that 67.9% of Americans meet the definition of obesity. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a "healthy" BMI is between 18.5 and 24.9. The study found ...

Overall, 33.4 percent of American adults have obesity, a CDC report revealed, while separate figures suggest the rates among ...

None had obesity rates that high in 2011 ... Compiled using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the map is part of a larger study by data journalist Richard Ault ...

The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, ...

Mississippi has been crowned the unhealthiest state in the U.S., according to data collected on national rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Sometimes referred to under the ...

There are early signs that obesity rates may have decreased in the US for the first time. A report released Tuesday by the ...

And at the same time, lockdowns, which increased unhealthy habits overall, contributed to America’s already-extant obesity epidemic, particularly for children. Now, even the CDC has caught on.