According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2015,

  • ⅓ of U.S. adults are obese
  • Approximately 17% or 12.5 million children and adolescents aged 2-19 years are obese
  • The medical costs for people who have obesity is $1,429 higher than those of normal weight
  • 70.7% of Americans are either overweight or obese, meaning that an unhealthy weight has become the norm