Supersize it- Amazing fact about America's Obesity Crisis [View all]

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Today, the state with the lowest adult obesity rate would have had the highest rate in 1995,"...


Let that sink in for a second... this isn't about genetics and thyroid problems.


New Report: Colorado is Least Obese State in the Nation

Washington, D.C.

- Colorado was named the least obese state in the country, according to the eighth annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011, a report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). Colorado's adult obesity rate is 19.8 percent.

Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state. Twelve states now have obesity rates over 30 percent. Four years ago, only one state was above 30 percent. Obesity rates exceed 25 percent in more than two-thirds of states (38 states)

This year, for the first time, report examined how the obesity epidemic has grown over the past two decades:

Over the past 15 years, seven states have doubled their rate of obesity.

Another 10 states nearly doubled their obesity rate, with increased of at least 90 percent,

and 22 more states saw obesity rates increase by at least 80 percent

Fifteen years ago, Colorado had an obesity rate of 10.7 percent and was ranked second least obese state in the nation. The obesity rate in Colorado increased more than 80 percent over the last 15 years.

Since 1995, obesity rates have grown the fastest in Oklahoma, Alabama, and Tennessee, and have grown the slowest in Washington, D.C., Colorado, and Connecticut.

Ten years ago, no state had an obesity rate above 24 percent, and now 43 states have higher obesity rates than the state that was the highest in 2000.


http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2011/release.php?stateid=CO