Adrienne Youdim
Editor

2015

Recent epidemiologic studies have noted a plateauing of obesity rates in the USA following decades of steady escalation. Currently, 34.9 % of the US adult population is considered obese, as defined by a body mass index of 30 or greater, which has been stable in the years 2011–2012 as compared to 2003–2004 [1]. However, these statistics belie that severe cases of obesity have escalated at a more dramatic rate than general obesity.