Cancer deaths linked to obesity more than tripled in the United States during the past two decades, a new study says.

The data also shows that in 23 states, over one in three adults — 35 percent — are living with obesity. Prior to 2013, not a single state had 35 percent or more adults living with obesity.

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

"In the United States, the prevalence of obesity in adults remains above the Healthy People 2030 goal of 36.0%," the agency said in the report, ... Map shows states with highest, lowest obesity rates.

Cancer deaths linked to obesity have tripled in the United States over the past two decades, according to a study being ...

Midwestern states saw the highest number of people dying from obesity-linked deaths, and it's the northeast of the country ...

Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S. About 4 in 10 Americans have obesity overall and about 1 in 10 have severe obesity. That's according to new government research. Obesity is high and ...

In the past 20 years, the average rate of obesity among adults in the United States has risen by approximately 30 percent, but the rate of those with the most severe forms of obesity, or those ...

Late last year, South Carolina Medicaid approved GLP-1s to treat obesity, placing it among the few state programs covering the drugs. But access remains limited.