(The Center Square) – The number of states with the highest obesity rates declined in 2024, while Nevada’s obesity epidemic deepened.
Last year, 34.2% of Nevadans lived with obesity, putting the state on the edge of the 35% cutoff for the highest obesity rate, according to a new nationwide report. The 3% obesity rate increase between 2023-2024, deemed statistically insignificant, was nonetheless the biggest growth among all states.
“ Without a doubt, obesity rates are too high,” Nicole Bungum, supervisor of the Southern Nevada Health District’s Office of Chronic Disease Prevention for over 20 years, told The Center Square. “They’re too high in the country, they’re too high in Nevada, and they’re too high in Clark County.”…