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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.

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Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Biden proposes Medicare and Medicaid cover costly weight-loss drugs President Joe Biden speaks as first lady ...

Under the proposal, only those who are considered obese — someone who has a body mass index of 30 or higher — would qualify for coverage. Some people may already get coverage of the drugs ...

In 2022–2023, 64% of adults in England were either overweight or obese. Obesity rates increase with age, peaking between the ages of 55 and 64. Meanwhile in 2023–2024, 9.6% of children in ...