By Linda Searing | Washington Post
The number of U.S. adults who died of heart disease and whose death record cited obesity as a contributing factor was three times greater in 2020 than in 1999, according to research published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
The increase in obesity-related deaths contrasted with a steady decline (nearly 18 percent) in heart disease deaths overall from 1999 to 2020.
The mortality rate from heart disease related to obesity was higher among the Black population than among any other racial group. Overall, the deaths also were more common among men than women, although Black women had a slightly higher mortality rate than Black men.
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