In the last decade, age-adjusted prevalence of severe obesity increased from 7.7% to 9.7%.

Medical Economics September 27, 2024
Grace Koennecke

Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey provided new estimates of adult obesity and severe obesity.

Recently, the CDC published data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, providing prevalence estimates of adult obesity and severe obesity from August 2021 to August 2023 by age and sex. The report also detailed obesity prevalence by education level, with trends in the prevalence of adult obesity and severe obesity from the previous 10 years included.

Over this time period, the prevalence of obesity among adults was 40.3%, with 39.2% prevalence in men and 41.3% prevalence in women. Meanwhile, the prevalence of obesity in adults ages 40 to 59 was 46.4%, higher than the prevalence in adults ages 20 to...

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