The Hill
Nearly three-quarters of U.S. adults are considered overweight or obese, according to new research published Thursday from The Lancet.
The research points to a substantial increase in overweight and obese adults in the last 30 years as well as an especially large increase in adolescents aged 5-24, with forecasts showing little room for improvement leading up to 2050.
In 2021, 75 percent of adults were considered overweight or obese, and, factoring in how weight issues in adolescents rarely resolve, research predicts that number with rise to 80 percent, or about 260 million Americans.
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