“These findings suggest that BMI and obesity prevalence in the U.S. decreased in 2023 for the first time in more than a ...

Adult obesity rates in the United States dropped from 46% in 2022 to 45.6% in 2023, according to the new study published in ...

Some researchers believe that body fat percentage provides a more reliable indicator of the potential for obesity-related ... of men and women in the United States has been collected through ...

The study followed nearly 17 million people, the majority of whom were in the 26-75 age range, and found that after climbing ...

Obesity creates $173 billion excess healthcare costs and as much as $6 billion in lost workplace productivity in the United States every year. Obesity has the potential to affect every aspect of a ...

For the first time in a decade, adult obesity in the United States dropped last year, a new study has found, and researchers are curious how the rise in popularity of weight loss drugs like ...

(HealthDay News) — The mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity declined in the United States in 2023, according to research published in JAMA Health Forum.

Their findings indicate that BMI and the prevalence of obesity in the United States decreased for the first time in 10 years in 2023, particularly in southern states. Obesity prevalence across the ...