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"Not inevitable": Children obesity rates plateau in the US | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 647 words · By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The study, led by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC) in partnership with the World Health Organization, drew on 4,050 population surveys and pooled measurements from more than 232 million people across 200 countries and territories between 1980 and 2024.”
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The provided web search results discuss NCDs in general or specific programs in India, but none of the provided evidence sources confirm the specific details of the NCD-RisC/WHO study involving 4,050 surveys and 232 million people.
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web search NEUTRAL — NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others. NCD…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-communicable_disease
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web search NEUTRAL — Mar 20, 2026 · States and union territories sending aggregate data through API. Website content is being maintained by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
https://ncd.mohfw.gov.in/portal/
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web search NEUTRAL — Use this page to view details for NCD - Lung Cancer Screening with Low Dose Computed Tomography (LDCT) (210.14).
https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/view/ncd.aspx…
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“In nations where obesity surged earliest—largely high-income Western countries—the steep rise began flattening in the 1990s and has since slowed”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Guardian and other web results) confirm that obesity rates in high-income countries have seen a slower increase, a plateau, or a decline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Abdominal obesity, also known as central obesity and truncal obesity, is the human condition of an excessive concentration of visceral fat around the stomach and abdomen to such an extent that it is l…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_obesity
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Obesity is a medical condition, considered a disease by multiple organizations, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can have negative effects on health. People are clas…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Obesity in Nauru is a major issue. The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that 94.5% of Nauruans are overweight or obese, Nauruans aged 27-40 years old have an average weight of more than 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_Nauru
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“In Western Europe, adult obesity has stabilized between 11% and 23%, and among children and adolescents between 4% and 15%”
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The Guardian result mentions specific percentages for France, Germany, and Finland, but does not provide a generalized range for 'Western Europe' as a whole for both adults and children in the provided snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cartoonito is a pan-European children's television channel owned by the EMEA sub-division of the international division of Warner Bros. Discovery. It launched on 11 September 2024, following the merge…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoonito_(Western_Europe)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Islam is the second-largest religion in Europe after Christianity. Although the majority of Muslim communities in Western Europe formed as a result of immigration, there are centuries-old indigenous E…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Europe
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In archaeogenetics, western hunter-gatherer (WHG, also known as west European hunter-gatherer, western European hunter-gatherer or Oberkassel cluster) (c. 15,000~5,000 BP) is a distinct ancestral comp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_hunter-gatherer
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“some countries such as Spain, Italy, France, and Portugal showing a negative growth rate in adult obesity by 2024.”
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Two separate web search results explicitly state that in countries like Spain and Italy (and France/Portugal in others), the growth rate of adult obesity had turned negative or begun to decline by 2024.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bras d'honneur (From French; lit. 'arm of honor') is an obscene gesture used to express contempt. It is roughly equivalent in meaning to phrases like "fuck you" or "up yours", similar to the finger ge…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras_d'honneur
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Portugal–Spain football rivalry (popularly known as The Iberian Derby) is one of the oldest football rivalries at a national level. It began on 19 December 1921, when Portugal lost 3–1 away in Mad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portugal–Spain_football_rivalr…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The death of Charles II of Spain in November 1700 without children led to a contest for the successi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
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“Several countries in Central Europe, including Romania and Czechia, and in Latin America, notably Brazil, have seen adult obesity reach 30%–40%.”
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The provided evidence mentions US and UK rates and general trends, but does not contain specific percentage data (30-40%) for Romania, Czechia, or Brazil.
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web search NEUTRAL — Detailed overview of the obesity rates by country, highlighting both the top ten most and least obese countries in the world.The United States has the 18th highest obesity rate in the world at 42.7%. …
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/obesity-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — The rate of growth in obesity is slowing in adults in the US and UK, reaching a prevalence of 40-43% and 27-30% respectively in 2024.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/13/obesity-tren…
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web search NEUTRAL — Adult obesity measured by a body mass index of 30 kg/m2 or higher. Egypt, Qatar, and the United States are the only countries with a population greater than 1 million on this list. Poor food habits ar…
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-countries-with-the-h…
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“Brazil exemplifies the continuing climb: overall adult prevalence now exceeds 30%”
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While there are search results about obesity in Brazil, none of the provided snippets explicitly confirm that the overall adult prevalence now exceeds 30%.
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web search NEUTRAL — Both record low obesity prevalence but face fragile food systems, infrastructure constraints, and healthcare capacity that struggle to manage dual burdens of undernutrition and rising non‑communicable…
https://ceoworld.biz/2026/05/10/ranked-countries-with-the-lo…
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web search NEUTRAL — This study focused on adult obesity prevalence in Goiânia, Goiás State, Brazil, and the association between socio-demographic variables, lifestyle, physical activity, eating habits, and food consumpti…
https://www.academia.edu/85248272/Time_trends_and_projected_…
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web search NEUTRAL — Obesity Is Most Prevalent in Black American Adults.Obesity Rate by State. According to CDC, thirty-eight states plus Puerto Rico have obesity rates above 30%.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/obesity-rat…
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“among women the rate rose from 9.3% in 1980 to 34.9% in 2024, an increase of 25.6 percentage points”
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No evidence in the provided results contains the specific statistics for women in Brazil (9.3% in 1980 to 34.9% in 2024).
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web search NEUTRAL — Obesity is a medical condition, considered a disease by multiple organizations, [8][9][10] in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can have negative effects on health.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity
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web search NEUTRAL — Dec 8, 2025 · In 2022, 1 in 8 people in the world were living with obesity. Worldwide adult obesity has more than doubled since 1990, and adolescent obesity has quadrupled. In 2022, 2.5 billion adults…
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/obesity-and…
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web search NEUTRAL — What is obesity? Obesity is when you have excessive body fat. It’s a chronic (long-term) and complex disease that can affect your overall health and quality of life. Obesity can lead to serious medica…
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/11209-weight-…
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“In the US, obesity appears to have plateaued among children and adolescents but continues to climb in adults”
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The evidence mentions a slowdown/plateau for children/adolescents and adults in the UK, but does not explicitly confirm the specific 'plateaued children/climbing adults' split for the US in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — The United States' high obesity rate is a major contributor to its relatively lower life expectancy in comparison with other high-income countries.[61] In the US, about 20% of cancer deaths in women a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — Findings for selected countries: • United Kingdom: The rise in obesity has slowed down or plateaued for both sexes and both age groups (children/adolescents as well as adults). But this slowdown or le…
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/articles/2026/obesity-rates-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Obesity is increasing steadily in Finland, has plateaued in Germany and may have started to decline in France, where 24-25%, 20-23% and 11-12% of adults respectively were thought to have the condition…
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/13/obesity-tren…
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“prevalence remains among the world’s highest and the highest in high-income Western countries, ranging from 20% to 23% for children and 40% to 43% for adults”
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The Guardian result explicitly states that the prevalence of obesity in the US reached 40-43% in 2024. World Population Review also lists the US at 42.7%.
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“Gaining substantial weight in adulthood can raise cancer risk up to five-fold, even for those who were lean in their teens”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the five-fold increase in cancer risk due to adult weight gain.
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