Obesity / Body Composition

Obesity is a disease that affects nearly one-third of the adult American population (approximately 60 million). The number of overweight and obese Americans has continued to increase since 1960, a trend that is not slowing down. Today, 64.5 percent of adult Americans (about 127 million) are categorized as being overweight or obese. Each year, obesity causes at least 300,000 excess deaths in the U.S., and healthcare costs of American adults with obesity amount to approximately $100 billion.

Obesity is the second leading cause of unnecessary deaths.

Summit Health conducts two types of screenings for obesity.

Click here to learn more about body mass index (BMI) screenings.

Click here to learn more about body composition screenings.