Artistic portrayal of a large group of people standing in the shape of the U.S. map.

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S.[1] were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.

Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be classified as overweight or obese by 2050. These are the key findings of our recent study, published in the journal The...

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Artistic portrayal of a large group of people standing in the shape of the U.S. map.

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S.[1] were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.

Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be classified as overweight or obese by 2050. These are the key findings of our recent study, published in the journal The...

Read more

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