Highlights CDC’s partnership with IQVIA to study obesity using data from 90M individuals. Research explored links between childhood BMI and later obesity, pandemic-driven weight gain, prediabetes/diabetes testing, and BMI’s impact on healthcare costs. Studies revealed significant pandemic weight increases, tracking of obesity from early childhood, and gaps in testing among at-risk youth and adults. Findings underscored the importance of early intervention, lifestyle programs, and highlighted obesity’s substantial economic burden on healthcare.

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