208 million Americans are classified as obese or overweight, according to new study synthesizing 132 data sources

By Marie Ng, Affiliate Associate Professor of Global Health, University of Washington

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the U.S. were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in 2021. The rates have more than doubled compared with 1990.

Without urgent intervention, our study forecasts that more than 80% of adults and close to 60% of adolescents will be classified as overweight or obese by 2050. These are the key findings of our recent study, published in the journal The Lancet.

Synthesizing body mass index data from 132 unique sources in the U.S.,…

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