The journalist is not precise at all when stating:
> a nation where two thirds of the population is now considered overweight or obese
Their own link give a total of 73.1% for overweight among adults US peoples in 2018. The latest data of the CDC has 73.6%. In any case, it's almost three quarters, not two thirds. And that's before the covid crisis, which probably worsened the situation.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm
> a nation where two thirds of the population is now considered overweight or obese
Their own link give a total of 73.1% for overweight among adults US peoples in 2018. The latest data of the CDC has 73.6%. In any case, it's almost three quarters, not two thirds. And that's before the covid crisis, which probably worsened the situation. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/obesity-overweight.htm