NIH R01 · 2024
New Evidence on the Role of Federal Funding in Reducing the Prevalence of Obesity
PROJECT SUMMARY Over the last twenty years, US obesity prevalence increased by over a third, with the prevalence of severe obesity increasing by 96%. Nearly 3 in 4 adults are classified as overweight or obese, and 13% of these adults have severe obesity. Over this same period, the prevalence of obesity among children and adolescents increased by nearly 40%, and the prevalence of severe obesity increased by 70%. Approximately 16% of children and adolescents are overweight and another 20% are obese. These figures have led policymakers and public health officials to call obesity a national epidemic. Obesity is expensive in terms of lives lost and cost to the healthcare system. Severe obesity…
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