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.

September 24, 2024 Share Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity — especially women — has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research.

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 Prevention found. Women were nearly twice as likely as men to report severe obesity.

The overall obesity rate appeared to tick down vs. the 2017-2020 survey, but the change wasn’t considered statistically significant; the numbers are small enough that there’s mathematical chance they didn’t truly decline.

  • ChicagoCommunist [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Fun challenge: go to a grocery store and try to find food products with more grams of fiber than added sugar.

    Expert mode: do it in a food desert where there’s no fresh and affordable grocery stores in a 2 mile radius

    It’s wild that things can be sold as meals without being nutritionally complete. When I’m supreme leader, that will be illegal.