State Obesity Rates for Adults

[underpants]

State Obesity Rates for Adults

1. Mississippi 33.8%
2. Alabama 31.6%
3. Tennessee 31.6%
4. West Virginia 31.3%
5. Louisiana 31.2%
6. Oklahoma 30.6%
7. Kentucky 30.5%
8. Arkansas 30.1%
9. South Carolina 29.9%
10. North Carolina 29.4%
10. Michigan 29.4%
12. Missouri 29.3%
13. Ohio 29.0%
13. Texas 29.0%
15. South Dakota 28.5%
16. Kansas 28.2%
17. Pennsylvania 28.1%
17. Georgia 28.1%
17. Indiana 28.1%
20. Delaware 27.9%
21. North Dakota 27.7%
22. Iowa 27.6%
23. Nebraska 27.3%
24. Alaska 26.9%
24. Wisconsin 26.9%
26. Illinois 26.6%
26. Maryland 26.6%
28. Washington 26.3%
29. Maine 25.8%
29. Arizona 25.8%
31. Nevada 25.6%
32. Virginia 25.5%
32. Minnesota 25.5%
32. New Mexico 25.5%
35. New Hampshire 25.4%
36. New York 25.1%
36. Florida 25.1%
36. Idaho 25.1%
39. Oregon 25.0%
39. Wyoming 25.0%
41. California 24.4%
42. New Jersey 23.9%
43. Montana 23.5%
44. Utah 23.2%
45. Rhode Island 22.9%
46. Vermont 22.8%
47. Hawaii 22.6%
48. Massachusetts 21.7%
49. D.C. 21.5%
50. Connecticut 21.4%
51. Colorado 19.1%

http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100261061>1=31036

[eridani]

1. Correlation between state median income and obesity

Looks pretty close.

[NightWatcher]

2. Reads like a list of worst educated, most republican.........

[SpiralHawk]

3. "Smirk." - Republicon Fat Cats (R - Gluttons)

[Hubert Flottz]

4. We need low fat road kill ASAP!

[get the red out]

5. Kentucky is in the top ten

And it isn't even basketball season!

I remember going on vacation to Massachusetts one year and the difference in the obesity rate between there and here in KY was OBVIOUS to me very quickly. Here it seems nearly everyone you see is overweight, and a large number are obese. I have noticed that in our neighboring states as well, as is shown on the list. I was thinking just yesterday, when I was walking to my car behind a thin older woman, that when I was in college seeing thin older ladies was nothing unusual. Now at 46 I am considered thin by many, when 25 years ago I would have been considered "busty" or "big boned" at my stature (not overweight, but not small built). Now if a person doesn't have noticeable flab hanging out they are considered thin or even skinny. People ask me how I stay so "thin", when in fact I am at about the median range, if not a little above median, on the weight chart for my height. I just get regular exercise and try to eat real food instead of fast food. I can't imagine that genetics have changed so much since I was a young girl that now I am simply blessed by good genes that so many others don't have to be normal sized at middle age.

[bdamomma]

6. its nice to see RI and Vermont at 45 and 46.

Mass. too, east coast lady here.