47% of US adults to have obesity by 2035: Study

Researchers forecast the national prevalence of obesity to rise from 42.5% of the U.S. adult population in 2022 to 46.9% by 2035, according to a study published Jan. 28 in JAMA. 

In the U.S., approximately 20% of children and 40% of adults have obesity, according to the CDC. 2035’s The projected prevalence of the chronic disease by 2035 is a notable increase from the 1990 prevalence, which was 19.3%. 

The study calculated projected obesity prevalence rates across groups divided by race and ethnicity, state, sex and age. Women, Black men, Latino men and women, and residents of Midwestern and Southern states have higher projected prevalence rates than other groups, but all groups are predicted to have increased obesity rates by 2035. 

Conducted by researchers at Seattle-based University of Washington, the study predicted 126 million U.S. adults will have obesity by 2035. In 2022, that figure was 107 million, and in 1990, 34.7 million. 

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