Nearly half of American adults—about 126 million people—are expected to be living with obesity by 2035, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The research shows the number of adults with obesity has more than doubled over the past 30 years, surging from 34.7 million in 1990 to an estimated 107 million in 2022. The upward trend is projected to continue, increasing the national obesity rate from 42.5 percent in 2022 to 46.9 percent by 2035, as reported by ABC News.
