"In the most recent survey conducted between August 2021 and August 2023, 40.3% of adults aged 20 and older were found to be obese, including 9.7% with severe obesity and another 31.7% classified as overweight. By comparison, for the survey conducted between 1988 and 1994, 22.9% adults aged 20 and older were found to be obese including 2.8% with severe obesity and 33.1% classified as overweight."
"So, we're seeing, for the first time in decades, that there's like a leveling off and even maybe a slight decrease and I think this is like challenging a major shift from the long-held expectation that obesity would just be climbing year after year."
"According to Brownstein, the decrease is likely due to many factors including public health policies and education about healthier lifestyles as well as medications such as GLP-1s. GLP-1s, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, mimic the GLP-1 hormone that is produced in the gut after eating."
CDC data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reveals that 40.3% of U.S. adults aged 20 and older are obese, compared to 22.9% in 1988-1994. Childhood and teen obesity rates have reached record levels. However, adult obesity rates appear to be stabilizing after peaking at 42.4% in 2017-2018, suggesting a potential reversal of the long-standing upward trend. This shift may result from multiple factors including public health policies, lifestyle education, and medications like GLP-1 receptor agonists that help regulate insulin production and appetite.
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