The number of people considered obese or overweight in the United States continues to go up, signaling an ongoing upward swing in chronic health conditions as well.
Compared with a similar study published in 1999 that estimated 63 percent of men and 55 percent of women age 25 and older were overweight or obese, the new data from 2007-12 indicate that nearly 75 percent of men and 67 percent of women now are overweight or obese.
