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News in Numbers

180%

The rate of increase in heart disease deaths associated with obesity, from 1999 to 2020. Among men, the rate jumped from 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people to 7.2 – an increase of 243 percent.

December 01, 2024

(American Heart Association – Nov. 11, 2024)