They’ll all keel over from heart attacks. Here’s the chart the map was based on from the CDC and
you can clik on the picture for a better view.
| 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 | |||||||
“They’ll all keel over from heart attacks.”
No, they’ll all get diabetes, and overtax public health facilities and budgets while at the same time fight against ‘big government’ (the same government that will have to bail out their fat asses when they no longer contribute to society.) As it is now, the states at the bottom of the list already pay more into the federal tax pool so that the states at the top can drain it with their self-inflicted problems.
‘Willful ignorance’ is funny in TV sitcoms. It’s devastating in the real world.
Wow…. the most remarkable bit about all of this information is not only the regional trending, but that THERE ISN’T ANY PLACE WHERE AT LEAST ONE OUT OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS IS OBESE!!!
Truly unbelievable. Though I have read and heard about the obesity epidemic, this is rather alarming. Europe apparently has the same problem, but in my travels to other locations, I haven’t ever seen such a thing. In many places obesity is a rarity. As it should be!