Posted on: November 7, 2018 | Written By: admin |
There’s no question that America has a problem with obesity.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued statistics that showed more than 71 percent of adults (20 and older) were overweight, with almost 40 percent defined as obese. (For reference, the CDC defines overweight as an adult with a body mass index between 25 and 29.9, and obese as a BMI of 30 or higher.)
So we know it’s a wide-spread problem, but where is it worst? That’s what WalletHub set to find out. The personal finance website crunched the numbers over 25 key metrics for the 50 states and the District of Columbia and came up with “2018’s Fattest States in America.”
Mississippi topped the list, followed by West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee. The Southeast also had Louisiana (6), Alabama (7) and South Carolina (8). Mississippi also had the highest percentage of adults eating less than one serving of fruits/vegetables per day, the highest percentage of adults with high blood pressure, and the second worst number for adults with Type 2 diabetes.
Idaho had the highest percentage of overweight adults, while Mississippi had the highest among obese adults. North Dakota had the highest percentage of overweight kids, and Mississippi had the top rate for obese children.
The least fat were Colorado, Utah, Hawaii, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
In case you were interested in the individual rankings, here you go:
1. Mississippi
2. West Virginia
3. Arkansas
4. Kentucky
5. Tennessee
6. Louisiana
7. Alabama
8. South Carolina
9. Oklahoma
10. Texas
11. Indiana
12. Ohio
13. Delaware
14. Georgia
15. Michigan
16. Missouri
17. North Carolina
18. Iowa
19. Maine
20. Kansas
21. Wisconsin
22. Rhode Island
23. Nebraska
24. Maryland
25. Pennsylvania
26. Wyoming
27. North Dakota
28. Illinois
29. Florida
30. Alaska
31. Virginia
32. New Mexico
33. South Dakota
34. Washington
35. New Hampshire
36. Arizona
37. New York
38. Minnesota
39. Nevada
40. Idaho
41. New Jersey
42. Oregon
43. Vermont
44. Connecticut
45. Montana
46. California
47. District of Columbia
48. Massachusetts
49. Hawaii
50. Utah
51. Colorado
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