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“These findings suggest that BMI and obesity prevalence in the U.S. decreased in 2023 for the first time in more than a ...

(HealthDay News) — The mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of obesity declined in the United States in 2023, according to research published in JAMA Health Forum.

Obesity prevalence in the US decreased in 2023, with significant drops in the South, highlighting the impact of GLP-1RA ...

Brownstein and his team noted that women and adults aged 66 to 75 saw the largest decreases in obesity. People living in the South, where they had the highest dispensing rate of weight loss drugs ...

Obesity is still a challenge for U.S. health. You might think that higher prices of food after the pandemic led to a decline ...

The study followed nearly 17 million people, the majority of whom were in the 26-75 age range, and found that after climbing ...

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Obesity rates decline in U.S. for first time in decade, driven by Souths medication usage Obesity decline signals potential ...

More than 50% of Americans who consider themselves overweight say they want to make losing weight a bigger priority ...

According to 2017 to 2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey results, 42.5% of U.S. adults 20 years old and over have obesity ... may have a higher body mass index (BMI) than ...

(HealthDay News) — Body mass index (BMI) and obesity prevalence declined in the United States in 2023, according to a research letter published online Dec. 13 in JAMA Health Forum. Benjamin ...