CDC Report: Obesity Out of Control in Every State

Obesity is out of control in every state, with none now at a rate below 20 percent, and state rates are generally rising, according to a news release by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

 

The CDC's 2010 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a state-based phone survey, show 12 states have obesity rates of at least 30 percent, up from no states with that level in 2000 and nine states in 2009.

 

The 12 states at the 30 percent level in 2010 were Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

 

Read the CDC release on the growing obesity rate.

 

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