The Summary. Obesity dipped slightly in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, a study found. The researchers suggested that might be due, in part, to the rise of weight ...

For the first time in over a decade, American adults made strides to become healthier in 2023, as the obesity rates have fallen, according to a new study.

The obesity rate among U.S. adults fell in 2023 for the first time in over a decade, according to a new study released on Friday. The study published in the journal JAMA Health Forum found that ...

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 of ...

The new study found that Midwestern states had the highest rates of obesity-linked cancer deaths, while the Northeast fared ...

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, capping off at 30.24 in 2022, then suddenly dropped to 30.21 ...

For decades, rates of obesity in the US have climbed – but that trend may be changing. The number of adults with obesity dipped ever so slightly in 2023, suggesting the country has reached a ...

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly 10% of adults ages 20 and older had severe obesity last year, up from 7.7% in 2013. And 1 in 5 adults in the United States ...

Obesity dipped in U.S. adults last year for the first time in more than a decade, research found. That might be due, in part, to weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

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.