America's Fattest States
America's Fattest States were outlined in a report released by the from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) called F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America, 2007.
Fast Facts:
- Report: Adult obesity rates rose in 31 states last year
- Twenty-two states experienced an increase in obesity for the second year in a row
- Public opinion survey featured in the report finds 85 percent of Americans believe that obesity is an epidemic
- Mississippi: highest rate of adult obesity in the country - thrid year in a row
- Obesity: BMI of 30+
- Severe Obesity: BMI of 40+
- 60 million U.S. adults: obese
- 9 million: severely obese
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