01 July 2009

Bigger is NOT better

  • Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesity, 32.5 percent, for the fifth year in a row.
  • Three additional states now have adult obesity rates above 30 percent, including Alabama, 31.2 percent; West Virginia, 31.1 percent; and Tennessee, 30.2 percent.
  • In 1991, NO state had more than a 20 percent obesity rate. Today, the only state that doesn’t is Colorado, at 18.9 percent.
  • Eight of the 10 fattest states are in the South. The Northeast and West are slightly slimmer than the rest of the country.
  • Mississippi also had the highest rate of overweight and obese children, at 44.4 percent in total. It’s followed by Arkansas, 37.5 percent; and Georgia, 37.3 percent.
  • Following Alabama, Michigan ranks No. 2 with fat boomers; 36 percent of its 55- to 64-year-olds are obese. Colorado has the lowest rate, 21.8 percent.

OUR COUNTRY IS GETTING BIGGER!!!! 
 I don't know how or where they got their information so I am not sure how credible it is BUT it was a news headline so that has to have at least a little bit of weight (no pun intended).   

1 comment:

Kim said...

I think its true. And isn't it disgusting?!