Federal health officials in the US have reported that the number of obese people have not declined in the recent years but, in fact, has edged up slightly despite the effort by the United States supported majorly by Michelle Obama. Around 38 % of US adults were categorised as obese in the year 2013 and 2014 which was marginally high as compared to 2011 and 2012 where the percentage of the obese population of US was 35%.