State Obesity Ranking - How Fit is Your State?
We'd like to think that we at Brad's Raw Foods can help lower Pennsylvania's State Ranking!
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest rate of adult obesity.
1.Mississippi (34.4%);
2. Alabama (32.3%);
3. West Virginia* (32.2%);
4. Tennessee (31.9%);
5. Louisiana (31.6%);
6. Kentucky** (31.5%);
7. Oklahoma** (31.4%);
8. South Carolina* (30.9%);
9. Arkansas (30.6%);
10. Michigan* (30.5%);
11. Missouri* (30.3%);
12. Texas** (30.1%);
13. Ohio (29.6%);
14. North Carolina (29.4%);
15. Indiana* (29.1%);
16. Kansas** (29.0%);
17. (tie) Georgia (28.7%); and South Dakota (28.7%);
19. Pennsylvania (28.5%);
20. Iowa (28.1%);
21. (tie) Delaware (28.0%); and North Dakota (28.0%);
23. Illinois** (27.7%);
24. Nebraska (27.6%);
25. Wisconsin (27.4%);
26. Maryland (27.1%);
27. Maine** (26.5%);
28. Washington (26.4%);
29. Florida** (26.1%);
30. (tie) Alaska (25.9%); and Virginia (25.9%);
32. Idaho (25.7%);
33. (tie) New Hampshire (25.6%); and New Mexico (25.6%);
35. (tie) Arizona (25.4%); Oregon (25.4%); and Wyoming (25.4%);
38. Minnesota (25.3%); 39. Nevada (25.0%);
40. California (24.8%);
41. New York (24.7%);
42. Rhode Island** (24.3%);
43. New Jersey (24.1%);
44. Montana (23.8%);
45. Vermont** (23.5%);
46. Utah (23.4%);
47. Hawaii (23.1%);
48. Massachusetts** (22.3%);
49. Connecticut (21.8%);
50. District of Columbia (21.7%);
51. Colorado* (19.8%).
Source: F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011
Available at: http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2011/release.php?stateid=TX
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest rate of adult obesity. Rankings are based on combining three years of data (2008-2010) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to "stabilize" data for comparison purposes.
We'd like to think that we at Brad's Raw Foods can help lower Pennsylvania's State Ranking!
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest rate of adult obesity.
1.Mississippi (34.4%);
2. Alabama (32.3%);
3. West Virginia* (32.2%);
4. Tennessee (31.9%);
5. Louisiana (31.6%);
6. Kentucky** (31.5%);
7. Oklahoma** (31.4%);
8. South Carolina* (30.9%);
9. Arkansas (30.6%);
10. Michigan* (30.5%);
11. Missouri* (30.3%);
12. Texas** (30.1%);
13. Ohio (29.6%);
14. North Carolina (29.4%);
15. Indiana* (29.1%);
16. Kansas** (29.0%);
17. (tie) Georgia (28.7%); and South Dakota (28.7%);
19. Pennsylvania (28.5%);
20. Iowa (28.1%);
21. (tie) Delaware (28.0%); and North Dakota (28.0%);
23. Illinois** (27.7%);
24. Nebraska (27.6%);
25. Wisconsin (27.4%);
26. Maryland (27.1%);
27. Maine** (26.5%);
28. Washington (26.4%);
29. Florida** (26.1%);
30. (tie) Alaska (25.9%); and Virginia (25.9%);
32. Idaho (25.7%);
33. (tie) New Hampshire (25.6%); and New Mexico (25.6%);
35. (tie) Arizona (25.4%); Oregon (25.4%); and Wyoming (25.4%);
38. Minnesota (25.3%); 39. Nevada (25.0%);
40. California (24.8%);
41. New York (24.7%);
42. Rhode Island** (24.3%);
43. New Jersey (24.1%);
44. Montana (23.8%);
45. Vermont** (23.5%);
46. Utah (23.4%);
47. Hawaii (23.1%);
48. Massachusetts** (22.3%);
49. Connecticut (21.8%);
50. District of Columbia (21.7%);
51. Colorado* (19.8%).
Source: F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2011
Available at: http://
Note: 1 = Highest rate of adult obesity, 51 = lowest rate of adult obesity. Rankings are based on combining three years of data (2008-2010) from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to "stabilize" data for comparison purposes.
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