Nearly 40 Percent Of American Adults Were Obese In 2015 And 2016, Data Indicate.

reports that data published in JAMA indicate that “nearly 40 percent of” American adults “were obese in 2015 and 2016, a sharp increase from a decade earlier.” The data also indicate that “7.7 percent of American adults were severely obese in the same period.” https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/health/obesity-us-adults.html