A recent study determined that theses are the ten "fattest states":
Percentage of adults who are clinically obese:
1. Mississippi (32.5%)
2. Alabama (31.2%)
3. West Virginia (31.1%)
4. Tennessee (30.2%)
5. South Carolina (29.7%)
6. Oklahoma (29.5%)
7. Kentucky (29.0%)
8. Louisiana (28.9%)
9. Michigan (28.8%)
10. (tie) Arkansas (28.6%) and Ohio (28.6%)
According to the report, adult obesity rates now exceed 25% in 31 states and exceed 20% in 49 states and Washington, D.C.
By way of contrast, in 1991, no state had an obesity rate above 20%.
It is obvious we are getting fatter and fatter. The question is why?
The thing I find interesting about this is the inconsistency- while most are in the South- some are in the North and Midwest.
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