A brief research report evaluated obesity among U.S. children and adolescents from 2011 to August 2023 and compared changes ...

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Around 24.9% of adults in Colorado are obese, the second-lowest rate in the U.S., according 2021-2023 data. Only Washington, D.C., had a lower obesity rate, at 23.5%. Obesity is defined as a body mass ...

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.

Obesity is commonly measured using the Body Mass Index (BMI), with a BMI over 30 considered obese. According to data from the World Health Organization, obesity rates have more than tripled from 5 ...

In 23 states, more than 1 in 3 adults had obesity, the data showed. Before 2013, no state had a rate that high, said Dr. Alyson Goodman, who leads a CDC team focused on population health.

The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of those surveyed reported severe obesity, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...