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208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

  • Written by Marie Ng, Affiliate Associate Professor of Global Health, University of Washington
imageOverweight and obesity rates are rising in all age ranges across the U.S.Mohamed Rida ROKI/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.

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