Die Fettleibigkeitsraten in den USA stiegen im Jahr 2023 auf etwa 40 % der Erwachsenen und 20 % der Jugendlichen. Daten aus mehr als 20 Jahren zeigen einen Anstieg der Fettleibigkeit um 37 %, der abdominalen Fettleibigkeit um 23 % und einer mehr als zweifachen Zunahme der schweren Fettleibigkeit sowohl bei Erwachsenen als auch bei Jugendlichen.
https://newsroom.heart.org/news/obesity-rates-in-the-u-s-climbed-to-about-40-of-adults-and-20-of-youth-in-2023
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Obesity rates in the U.S. climbed to about 40% of adults and 20% of youth in 2023
More than 20 years of data show a 37% increase in obesity, 23% in abdominal obesity, and over two-fold increase in severe obesity among both adults and youth, according to authors of a new study published in the journal Circulation
Research Highlights:
Researchers analyzed U.S. health information from 1999 to 2023 and found that the prevalence of obesity increased from 30% to 41%, respectively.
Severe obesity among U.S. adults rose from 5% to 10%, and abdominal obesity (the accumulation of fatty tissue in the abdominal area) increased from 48% to 61%, respectively, during the 24-year study period.
Researchers recommended ongoing monitoring of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference to help guide individual and population-wide prevention efforts targeting obesity as a major modifiable risk factor.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.126.080146
Honestly, not as bad as I expected.
This is a 2026 article citing data from **2023**. It’s right there, in the title. The most current 2026 data shows obesity has now dropped to 36.4% thanks to GLP-1 uptake. (See [In U.S., GLP-1 Usage Reaches New High](https://news.gallup.com/poll/712157/glp-usage-reaches-new-high.aspx))
We need to put the entire country on GLP-1.
This is getting to the point where being average BMI (and I know bmi has flaws ) will mean you are at least a little fluffy, and that The 50th percentile should no longer be the goal .
I travel for work, and I’m on the road sometimes 2-3 weeks out of every month.
The amount of discipline, searching, and prepping one has to do to even attempt to eat healthy on the road in America is staggering.
What’s worse is I travel a lot in states like Missouri and Tennessee where the options are even worse…
These numbers seem really, really low.
Yeah, I’m on Lyrica. Also now I am gaining weight because my love for carbs just went off the charys6
I could have sworn that I had also read that, because of the wide spread use of GLP-1s, obesity rates had fallen for the first time in a long time in the US.
High fructose corn syrup will do that to a population.
covid caused this i swear
A third of the population is bananas