About 40% of adults in the US are obese, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests – marking the first time in more than a decade that the country has been obese. fatty level has not been inched up in the results of the federal government’s national health survey.
The numbers come from a new report by the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics, analyzing data collected through decades of nationwide National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys.
In 2000, surveys estimated that about 30% of adults fatdefined as having a body mass index greater than or equal to 30. By 2020, the CDC’s estimate of the adult obesity rate has risen to 41.9%.
Now the CDC estimates that 40.3% of adults are obese, looking at survey data from 2021 to 2023.
While the difference from 2020 to 2023 is too small to be considered a statistically significant decrease, the slight decrease dwarfs the rate of rate increases each year since 2011.
“In the United States, the prevalence of obesity among adults remains above the Healthy People 2030 goal of 36.0%,” the agency said in the report, citing the federal government’s official goal of reducing the share of Americans who are overweight or obese.
Obesity rates remain highest among adults 40 to 59 years of age, at 46.4%. The lowest rate is among those aged 20 to 39, at 35.5%.
severe obesity rates continue to increase, the CDC survey also found. Adjusted for age, the prevalence of adults with a BMI greater than or equal to 40 increased from 7.7% to 9.4%.
In the higher obesity range, the National Institutes of Health warns that people are at greatest risk disease that are linked to weight loss, such as heart disease and diabetes.
The map shows the countries with the highest and lowest obesity rates
The new figures come just a week after the CDC published a national map of obesity rates across the country, based on the results of a survey conducted by the agency, which found that more than a third of adults in 23 states will be obese by 2023. . That’s up from no country where more than a third of its citizens were obese ten years ago in 2013.
Only the District of Columbia and Colorado will have less than a quarter of their residents obese by 2023. That’s down from the seven states and DC that had rates below 25% in 2013.
US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
“These new data highlight the need for obesity prevention and treatment options, which starts with building healthier communities where people of all ages have safe spaces for physical activity, and where health care and healthy food choices are accessible and affordable for all, “Dr. Karen Hacker, head of the CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, said in a statement after the map’s release.
The release of the new CDC figures also comes before a meeting of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee with the chief executive of Novo Nordisk, questioning the drug maker about the high prices for blockbusters. drug semaglutidebranded as Ozempic for diabetes and Wegovy for weight loss.
A rise in demand for Novo Nordisk’s drugsas well as tirzepatide drugs were made by the competitor Eli Lilly branded as Zipbound for weight loss and Mounjaro for diabetes, have landed on the Food and Drug Administration’s deficiency list for years.
“Epidemiologists estimate that more than 40,000 lives a year could be saved if Wegovy and others. weight loss drugs made affordable and available in the United States,” the panel, chaired by Vermont Democrat and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders, said in a release before the hearing.
