A new definition of obesity endorsed by 76 health organizations could dramatically increase the number of Americans ...

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For the first time in more than a decade, the number of states with rates of obesity of 35% or more dropped. That's being viewed as an encouraging sign that America’s epidemic of excess weight ...

Medical experts propose new obesity measurements that would classify 70% of American adults as obese, moving beyond ...

"With potentially 70% of the adult population now considered to have excess fat, we need to better understand what treatment ...

The prevalence of obesity in the United States could rise sharply under a new definition of obesity released earlier this year by the Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology Commission.