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Obesity rates in US not growing for first time in a decade, but severe obesity on the rise: CDC

The overall rate of obesity in the United States ticked downward between August 2021 and August 2023, breaking a streak of continued increase for over a decade.

ABC News on MSN · 16h

Obesity among adults falls slightly to 40%, still higher than a decade ago

More than 100 million American adults have obesity and more than 20 million adults have severe obesity, U.S. figures show.

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Obesity Rates For Adults Falls Slightly While Severe Obesity Levels Rise

New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics shows that while the overall rate of obesity among adults in the United States has declined slightly,

Yahoo · 7h

Obesity in America: CDC looks at prevalence and health risks

More than 4 in 10 U.S. adults have obesity, putting them at risk of chronic conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Good and Bad News on the Obesity Front in the U.S.

On Tuesday, the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released its latest report analyzing data on the state of obesity ...

Hospitalizations and ‘long COVID’ remain concerns; new vaccines promise help

A factor that has changed over time is hospitalization due to severe COVID infections. On Aug. 1, the statewide seven-day ...

Health advocates call for passage of Safe Step Act, two other bills to better treat migraines

Healthcare advocates are urging Congress to pass a trio of bills to better understand and treat migraines. The first, and ...

Psychology Today4h

Teens and Counterfeit Death Pills

Teens are most at risk for taking dangerous counterfeit pills made to resemble Xanax, Adderall, or OxyContin. The most common ...

With EEE and West Nile virus on the rise, mosquito season is far from over

At least 10 EEE cases have been reported across the country this year, with one death confirmed in New Hampshire. Besides EEE ...

How AI could monitor brain health and find dementia sooner

Using advanced artificial intelligence algorithms, scientists are hoping to identify brain wave patterns associated with the ...

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Eastern Equine Encephalitis: What to know about EEE after New York resident dies from disease

the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. It is caused by a virus and is not very common around the world. The virus typically spreads in certain swamps, including red maple and ...

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Teen boy first in Michigan to get gene editing treatment for blood disorder

Children's Hospital of Michigan is treating the first person in Michigan with a newly approved gene-editing therapy for beta ...

Lyme disease is on the rise. See case counts for NC + how to avoid tick bites

Lyme disease is the most prevalent insect-borne disease in the US, with far more cases each year than other diseases such as ...

Tacoma News Tribune on MSN12d

Director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention makes a visit to a Tacoma pharmacy

Dr. Mandy Cohen, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, took a tour of the Allenmore Medical Center on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, in Tacoma. She has been on a nationwide tour ...

How painful is it to get an IUD? What to expect when getting an IUD, and how to prepare

These are some of the experiences women are sharing across social media about IUDs—especially with the pain they feel during ...

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