Federal public health guidance now excludes healthy children and expecting mothers from routine COVID-19 shots.

Languages: English. Severe obesity throughout the U.S. continues to rise, a new study from the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows. On Tuesday, the U.S. CDC published a ...

A report compiled by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics found that between August 2021 and August 2023, the rate of obesity among the nation’s adults was approximately 40.3%.

The CDC defines obesity as having a body mass index (BMI) of at least 30, and a shocking 20% of Americans meet that criteria, with the Midwest and the South reporting the highest levels of weight.

A report compiled by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics found that between August 2021 and August 2023, the rate of obesity among the nation's adults was approximately 40.3%.

And 1 in 5 adults in the United States now live with obesity, the CDC said. Obesity increases the risk of nearly 200 diseases and can cause serious health conditions like asthma, strokes ...

By 2020, the CDC's estimate of the adult obesity rate had climbed to 41.9%. Now the CDC estimates that 40.3% of adults are obese, looking at survey data from 2021 through 2023. While the ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has recently made significant changes to how Covid-19 vaccines are approved and the groups they are recommended ...

JONESBORO, Ark. (KAIT) - Nearly half of all Arkansans are obese. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Natural State ranks third among the fattest in the nation.