They’ll all keel over from heart attacks. Here’s the chart the map was based on from the CDC and
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| 2006 Rank |
2007 Rank |
State | % Obese 2006 |
% Obese or Overweight 2006 |
3-year Obesity Average |
% Obesity Change |
Ranking Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Mississippi | 31.4 | 66.7 | 30.6 | 1.1 | 0 |
| 3 | 2 | West Virginia | 31.0 | 67.0 | 29.7 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 2 | 3 | Alabama | 30.5 | 65.0 | 29.4 | 0.7 | -1 |
| 4 | 4 | Louisiana | 27.1 | 63.0 | 28.3 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | South Carolina | 29.4 | 65.4 | 27.9 | 1.6 | 4 |
| 6 | 6 | Tennessee | 28.8 | 65.3 | 27.8 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | Kentucky | 28.0 | 66.4 | 27.5 | 0.8 | -2 |
| 7 | 8 | Arkansas | 26.9 | 63.8 | 27.0 | 0.6 | -1 |
| 8 | 9 | Indiana | 27.8 | 62.8 | 26.8 | 0.6 | -1 |
| 13 | Oklahoma | 28.8 | 64.8 | 26.8 | 1.5 | 3 | |
| 11 | Michigan | 28.8 | 64.8 | 26.8 | 1.2 | 0 | |
| 14 | 12 | Missouri | 27.2 | 62.9 | 26.3 | 1.2 | 2 |
| 10 | Texas | 26.1 | 62.4 | 26.3 | 0.5 | -3 | |
| 12 | 14 | Georgia | 27.1 | 61.7 | 26.1 | 0.6 | -2 |
| 16 | 15 | Ohio | 28.4 | 63.9 | 26.0 | 1.2 | 1 |
| 15 | 16 | Alaska | 26.2 | 64.2 | 25.8 | 0.9 | -1 |
| 17 | 17 | North Carolina | 26.6 | 62.8 | 25.6 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 20 | 18 | Nebraska | 26.9 | 63.9 | 25.4 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 18 | 19 | North Dakota | 25.4 | 64.5 | 25.1 | 0.6 | -1 |
| 22 | 20 | South Dakota | 25.4 | 64.1 | 24.9 | 0.8 | 2 |
| 21 | Iowa | 25.7 | 62.9 | 24.9 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| 29 | 22 | Wisconsin | 26.6 | 63.4 | 24.7 | 1.9 | 7 |
| 19 | 23 | Pennsylvania | 24.0 | 61.3 | 24.5 | 0.1 | -4 |
| 25 | 24 | Virginia | 25.1 | 61.8 | 24.4 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 23 | Illinois | 25.1 | 61.7 | 24.4 | 0.5 | -2 | |
| 24 | Maryland | 24.9 | 60.7 | 24.4 | 1.0 | -2 | |
| 26 | 27 | Kansas | 25.9 | 62.3 | 24.3 | 1.1 | -1 |
| 27 | 28 | Minnesota | 24.7 | 62.7 | 23.7 | 0.6 | -1 |
| 28 | 29 | Delaware | 26.0 | 63.8 | 23.5 | 0.7 | -1 |
| 33 | 30 | Oregon | 24.8 | 60.7 | 23.3 | 1.1 | 3 |
| 31 | 31 | Washington | 24.2 | 60.7 | 23.2 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 32 | 32 | Idaho | 24.1 | 59.7 | 23.1 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 34 | Maine | 23.1 | 59.7 | 23.1 | 1.1 | 1 | |
| 35 | 34 | Florida | 23.1 | 59.6 | 22.9 | 1.1 | 1 |
| 37 | 35 | Wyoming | 23.3 | 61.4 | 22.8 | 1.1 | 2 |
| 30 | 36 | California | 23.3 | 58.8 | 22.7 | 0.0 | -6 |
| 41 | 37 | Nevada | 25.0 | 63.6 | 22.4 | 1.3 | 4 |
| 36 | New York | 22.9 | 58.3 | 22.4 | 0.7 | -2 | |
| 38 | New Hampshire | 22.4 | 60.7 | 22.4 | 0.7 | -1 | |
| 39 | 40 | District of Columbia | 22.5 | 54.6 | 22.2 | 0.7 | -1 |
| 40 | New Jersey | 22.6 | 59.9 | 22.2 | 0.8 | -1 | |
| 42 | 42 | New Mexico | 22.9 | 59.8 | 22.0 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 43 | 43 | Arizona | 22.9 | 59.6 | 21.7 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 44 | 44 | Utah | 21.9 | 54.9 | 21.2 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 45 | 45 | Montana | 21.2 | 59.3 | 20.7 | 0.8 | 0 |
| 48 | 46 | Rhode Island | 21.4 | 61.0 | 20.5 | 1.0 | 2 |
| 46 | 47 | Connecticut | 20.6 | 58.8 | 20.1 | 0.5 | -1 |
| 47 | 48 | Vermont | 21.2 | 56.0 | 20.0 | 0.5 | -1 |
| 49 | 49 | Massachusetts | 20.3 | 55.5 | 19.8 | 1.2 | 0 |
| 50 | 50 | Colorado | 18.2 | 54.9 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 0 |
| NA | N.A. | Hawaii | 20.6 | 56.1 | N.A. | N.A. | N.A. |
| Rankings were computed by CalorieLab based on a three-year average of state-by-state | |||||||
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