US Adults Have Gained Significant Amounts Of Weight From 1960 To 2016, NCHS Data Show.

“New data show that both” US “men and women gained a whopping 24 pounds on average from 1960 to 2002; through 2016, men gained an additional eight pounds, and women another seven pounds,” researchers found. The findings (pdf) are published in a report by the National Center for Health Statistics. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/health/height-weight-americans-cdc.html