Deaths from heart disease rose from 2.2 per 100,000 people to 6.6 per 100,000 people between 1999 and 2020, per the release. Black women had the highest rates of fatal heart disease linked to obesity.

There were 281,135 deaths from heart disease linked to obesity in that time range, the researchers said, and the death rate tripled from 2.2 deaths per 100,000 people to 6.6 deaths per 100,000.

Obesity-related cancer deaths in the U.S. more than tripled between 1999 and 2020, according to a study abstract presented at the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting in July.  Using CDC data, ...

Cancer deaths linked to obesity have tripled in the United States over twenty years. This alarming increase particularly ...

Overall, obesity-related cardiovascular death rates tripled from 2.2 per 100,000 people to 6.6 per 100,000 during the study period, according to the researchers.

The rate of deaths from ischemic heart disease related to obesity nearly tripled in the U.S. over a two-decade span, according to new research. The rate for men more than tripled.

The study analyzed more than 33,000 deaths from obesity-associated cancers between 1999 and 2020 and found that the age-adjusted mortality rate surged from 3.73 to 13.52 per million during that ...

Mortality risk estimates for being overweight or having obesity vary. However, some studies show that some individuals with overweight have a similar mortality risk to those with a healthy BMI.

Adults with obesity and a loneliness index score of 0 had a lower risk for all-cause mortality than those with a loneliness index score of 2 (aHR = 0.86; 95% CI, 0.79-0.94).

While all races experienced an increase, Black people saw the largest rise in obesity-related heart deaths, followed by Native Americans and Alaskan Natives. There are gender differences as well.

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