U.S. childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record-highs while adult obesity rates may be slowing, according to two ...

U.S. children and teens are now at record-high levels of obesity — with more than one in five affected by obesity.  Severe obesity among youth is c ...

The rate of adult obesity in the United States continued its gradual decline in 2025, as the use of GLP-1 weight loss drugs saw a sharp incline, according to new polling from Gallup. NewsNation’s Anna ...

The Midwest and South also had high rates of obesity for non-Hispanic white men and women. In 2022, West Virginia had the highest obesity rates for white men and women — about 47% and 49%, ...

Excess youth overweight and obesity remained highly prevalent in the United States in 2024, according to a study published ...

A disturbing statistic revealing the dismal state of health in America is that more than 40 percent of the population is obese (defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as having a ...

U.S. adult obesity rates have declined for the first time in years, while South Carolina's rate remains among the nation’s highest. What to know ...

There are an estimated 7.6 million fewer obese adults today compared with three years ago, new research shows, and injectable weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy may be a contributing factor.

America’s obesity problem is tipping the scales. A staggering 47% of American adults will be living with obesity by 2035, a new study published in JAMA projects, citing the country’s rapidly rising ...

A new study finds that people with obesity are more likely to be hospitalized with or die from severe infections.