Taken on its own, the number is astonishing. According to the CDC, as of August 2023, 40.3 percent of U.S. adults—some 100 million people—met the clinical definition for obesity. But this same ...

Obesity is an epidemic in the America. Four in 10 U.S. adults fit the medical definition of having obesity, which puts them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease and ...

A sweeping new paper reveals the dramatic rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990. By Nina Agrawal Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to a sweeping new study.

Ms. Belluz is a health journalist based in Paris. She is co-writing a book about nutrition and health. “Obesity is a disease,” Oprah Winfrey declared after disclosing her weight loss with an ...