CDC's Division of Reproductive Health, crucial for safe birth control guidance, has been significantly downsized, potentially endangering women's health. The move has removed key personnel responsible ...

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

Guam is one of 23 states and two territories with an obesity rate of at least 35%. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%, the CDC said.

According to the CDC, 1 in 5 American adults is living with obesity. In recent years, many have turned to weight loss drugs ...

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The National Center for Health Statistics measured adults and children to see weight, height and other size trends ...

The CDC also broke down data by education level, showing that 36.5 percent of adults without a high school degree or equivalent have obesity compared to 27.1 percent of college graduates.

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New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%. Currently, at least one ...

Recently released data from the CDC shows 23 states have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%, compared with 22 states in 2022 and 19 states in 2021. Before 2013, no state passed the 35% ...

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.