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Mississippi is officially the fattest state in the country, with almost 36 per cent of its residents falling under the classification.
The slimmest state is Colorado but even there 21 per cent of people are unhealthily overweight.
As the obesity epidemic continues more than a third of the population in 12 U.S. states are clinically obese.
Other offenders include Louisiana, with a rate of 33.4 per cent, West Virginia where the total is 32.4 per cent and Alabama with 32% of its population labeled obese.
Of the 30 states with the highest obesity rates 26 are in the Midwest and South, with many of the healthier states being found along the east coast, including New York, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-12-states-ONE-IN-THREE-population-obese.html
The slimmest state is Colorado but even there 21 per cent of people are unhealthily overweight.
As the obesity epidemic continues more than a third of the population in 12 U.S. states are clinically obese.
Other offenders include Louisiana, with a rate of 33.4 per cent, West Virginia where the total is 32.4 per cent and Alabama with 32% of its population labeled obese.
Of the 30 states with the highest obesity rates 26 are in the Midwest and South, with many of the healthier states being found along the east coast, including New York, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-12-states-ONE-IN-THREE-population-obese.html