“Of the states with the 20 highest adult obesity rates, only Pennsylvania is not in the South or Midwest.”

F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2013  

 

State Percentage of Obesity
1) Louisiana 34.7% (+/- 1.6)
2) Mississippi 34.6% (+/- 1.6)
3) Arkansas 34.5% (+/- 1.9)
4 West Virginia 33.8% (+/- 1.6)
5) Alabama 33.0% (+/- 1.5)
6) Oklahoma 32.2% (+/- 1.4)
7) South Carolina 31.6% (+/- 1.2)
8) Indiana 31.4% (+/- 1.3)
9) Kentucky 31.3% (+/- 1.4)
10) Tennessee 31.1% (+/- 1.6)
10) Michigan 31.1% (+/- 1.3)

 

(Based on 2012 Data, Including Confidence Intervals) 

Source: Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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