CDC reports almost half of all US adults now obese
According to the latest figures from the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 42 percent of all American adults now suffer from obesity, rising sharply from 30 percent at the start of the 21st century. Extreme obesity is also on the rise, with 9.2 percent of the adult population with a BMI of 40 or higher. Furthermore, the CDC reports almost no difference between men and women for obesity.
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