Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn't decline anywhere, says a new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090701/D995KKQO0.html
The Top Ten: Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Tennesee, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, and Arkansas.
The Bottom Ten: New Jersey, Montana, Utah, DC, Vermont, Hawaii, RI, Conn., Massechusettes, and Colorado.
Overall range (high to low): 32.5% to 18.9
It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn't decline anywhere, says a new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090701/D995KKQO0.html
The Top Ten: Mississippi, Alabama, West Virginia, Tennesee, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, and Arkansas.
The Bottom Ten: New Jersey, Montana, Utah, DC, Vermont, Hawaii, RI, Conn., Massechusettes, and Colorado.
Overall range (high to low): 32.5% to 18.9
