TUESDAY, June 12, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- After briefly leveling off, the U.S. obesity rate may be climbing again, according to a preliminary study.
The rate had been rising for decades until it appeared to plateau in recent years. But, in the new study, researchers found that the trend may have been short-lived.
And if nothing changes, they estimate that half of all U.S. teenagers will be overweight or obese by 2030 -- as will one-third of kids between 6 and 11 years old.
Among U.S. men, for example, the rising rates of overweight and obesity seen since 1999 leveled off between 2009 and 2012. But they took off again in 2015-2016, when 75 percent of men were overweight or obese.