Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year, research found — the first time in more than a decade that the country has seen a downward trend. That might be due, in part, to the recent rise ...

For the first time in a decade, adult obesity in the United States dropped last year, a new study has found ... the exact cause for the dip in obesity, but weight loss drugs like Ozempic are ...

New guidance from a team of health experts around the world proposes expanding the definition of obesity beyond the popular ...

After years of rising obesity rates in the US, the numbers dipped slightly during 2023, though experts disagree about the exact cause ...

The obesity rate ... 2022 to 45.6 percent last year. The researchers also discovered that obesity has declined substantially in the South, including among women older adults, ages 66 to 75.

U.S. Adult Obesity ... BMI dipped to 30.21 -- the first decline in a decade, according to Rader's team. The percentage of Americans who were obese also declined slightly that year.

The study looked at the body mass index of 16.7 million adults in the United States from 2013 to 2023. The average BMI rose every year ... the US adult population with obesity by race.

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The U.S. obesity rate declined for the first time in a decade last year, coinciding with the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss meds, a new study finds. Data on almost 17 million adults nationwide showed ...