Posts Tagged ‘obesity rates’

Old Radar Station at the Top of Serra da Estrela, photograph by Joaquim Alves Gaspar,

Explosive Growth in Extremely Severe Obesity (Under the Radar)

April 28, 2025 — Happy headlines late last year told us that obesity recently “dipped” in the U.S., perhaps because of medicines like semaglutide and tirzepatide. Those headlines presented a partial and misleading truth that a new analysis in Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology explains more fully. Yes, the prevalence of overweight and mild obesity has seemingly plateaued. But this […]

Can We Get Real? Obesity Rates Are Up Again

October 13, 2017 — Happy talk makes us impatient. Today, new data on obesity are out from the CDC and they are not good. Yet again, the U.S. is setting new records for obesity rates. Among adults the prevalence is now up to 39.6%. For children and youth, it’s up to 18.5%. Most notably, a big jump came in […]