Tag Archives: Obesity

CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC – Press Release April 9th, 2025Jack Real

CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC – Press Release

April 9, 2025News & UpdatesAmong, Childhood, children, Enrolled, Improvement, Obesity, Press, Release, Reports, YoungJack Real

Obesity among low-income children (aged 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decreased from 15.9 percent in 2010 to 14.5 percent in 2014.

CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC – Media Statement April 7th, 2025James Jones

CDC Reports Improvement in Childhood Obesity among Young Children Enrolled in WIC – Media Statement

April 7, 2025News & UpdatesAmong, Childhood, children, Enrolled, Improvement, Media, Obesity, Reports, Statement, YoungJames Jones

Obesity among low-income children (ages 2-4 years) enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) decreased from 15.9 percent in 2010 to 14.5 percent in 2014.

New CDC Data Show Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High September 13th, 2024Maria Villarreal

New CDC Data Show Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High

September 13, 2024News & Updatesadult, Data, high, Obesity, Prevalence, Remains, ShowMaria Villarreal

New CDC population data from 2023 show that in 23 states more than one in three adults (35%) has obesity. Before 2013, no state had an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%.

New CDC Data Shows US Adults Still Struggling with Obesity – Media Advisory January 27th, 2024Romeo Getty

New CDC Data Shows US Adults Still Struggling with Obesity – Media Advisory

January 27, 2024News & Updatesadults, Advisory, Data, Media, Obesity, Shows, Still, StrugglingRomeo Getty

The 2016 maps show that the proportion of adults with obesity in the United States remains high.

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Why is the overall cancer rate declining, while cancer rates associated with overweight and obesity are on the rise? – Media Advisory December 19th, 2023William Heaton

CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report – Why is the overall cancer rate declining, while cancer rates associated with overweight and obesity are on the rise? – Media Advisory

December 19, 2023News & UpdatesAdvisory, Associated, Cancer, declining, Media, Obesity, Overall, Overweight, Rate, Rates, Report, Rise, Signs, Telebriefing, VitalWilliam Heaton

Overweight and obesity are associated with at least 13 different types of cancer. According to the latest CDC Vital Signs report, cancers associated with overweight and obesity accounted for 40 percent of cancers diagnosed in the U.S. in 2014. About 2 in 3 of these cancers are in adults 50- to 74-years-old.

Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States – Press Release December 17th, 2023Cathy Ramos

Cancers Associated with Overweight and Obesity Make up 40 percent of Cancers Diagnosed in the United States – Press Release

December 17, 2023News & UpdatesAssociated, Cancers, diagnosed, Obesity, Overweight, Percent, Press, Release, States, UnitedCathy Ramos

Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States in 2014

Cancer and Obesity – Digital Press Kit December 17th, 2023Walter Stone

Cancer and Obesity – Digital Press Kit

December 17, 2023News & UpdatesCancer, Digital, Obesity, PressWalter Stone

Overweight and obesity are associated with increased risk of 13 types of cancer. These cancers account for about 40 percent of all cancers diagnosed in the United States in 2014.

Vital Signs: Teleconference on Obesity and Cancer – Transcript December 15th, 2023Romeo Paolucci

Vital Signs: Teleconference on Obesity and Cancer – Transcript

December 15, 2023News & UpdatesCancer, Obesity, Signs, Teleconference, Transcript, VitalRomeo Paolucci

Transcript of teleconference

Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High; Support for Prevention and Treatment Needed October 7th, 2023Ashley Schick

Adult Obesity Prevalence Remains High; Support for Prevention and Treatment Needed

October 7, 2023News & Updatesadult, high, Needed, Obesity, Prevalence, Prevention, Remains, Support, TreatmentAshley Schick

New population data from 2022 show 22 states have an adult obesity prevalence at or above 35%, compared to 19 states in 2021, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

CDC: More obesity in U.S. rural counties than in urban counties May 4th, 2023Joshua Ramsey

CDC: More obesity in U.S. rural counties than in urban counties

May 4, 2023News & UpdatesCounties, More, Obesity, Rural, Than, U.S., urbanJoshua Ramsey

Adults living in non-metropolitan (rural) counties are still more likely to be obese than adults in metro (urban) counties, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report in today’s MMWR.