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371 Three-Quarters of US Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese

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msmash @ Slashdot · 11/25/2024 11:01 EDT

Three-Quarters of US Adults Are Now Overweight or Obese

An anonymous reader shares a report: Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are overweight or obese, according to a sweeping new study. The findings have wide-reaching implications for the nation's health and medical costs as it faces a growing burden of weight-related diseases.

The study reveals the striking rise of obesity rates nationwide since 1990 -- when just over half of adults were overweight or obese -- and shows how more people are becoming overweight or obese at younger ages than in the past. Bot

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