It’s a heavy truth to bear. US News has weighed in on America’s ever-expanding waistline, ranking the country’s most obese states — and the results may leave you reconsidering that greasy burrito.

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Obesity is an epidemic in the America. Four in 10 U.S. adults fit the medical definition of having obesity, which puts them at risk for serious health problems, including diabetes, heart disease ...

Mississippi has been crowned the unhealthiest state in the U.S., according to data collected on national rates of obesity ... District of Columbia to find America's health crisis hotspots.

"In the United States, the prevalence of obesity in adults ... figures come just a week after the CDC released its state map of obesity rates around the country, based on results from a different ...

Obesity rates in the United States have finally started to show a decline, heading in the right direction for the first time in a decade likely due to the popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic.

Color-coded U.S. maps tracking the change have gradually shifted from green and yellow, the hues associated with lower obesity rates, to orange and dark red, linked to higher prevalence.

“In the United States, the prevalence of obesity in adults remains above the Healthy People 2030 goal of 36.0%, but from 2013 to 2014 through August 2021 to August 2023, the age-adjusted ...

According to Bartelt and colleagues, there have been recent contrasting reports on obesity trends in the United States, “with some reporting a peak in the rate of obesity and others reporting ...