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United States of Obesity Fattest States Ranking 2008 PDF Print E-mail
U.S. Obesity / Overweight Analysis Data shown is the most recent data available that examines overweight and obesity. Notice ranking position for the southern United States


2007
Rank
2008
Rank
State
% Obese
2007
% Obese or
Overweight
2007
3-year
Obesity
Average
% Obesity
Change
Ranking
Change
1 1 Mississippi
32.6
68.1
31.6
1.0
0
2 2 West Virginia
30.3
68.0
30.6
0.9
0
3 3 Alabama
30.9
66.6
30.1
0.7
0
4 4 Louisiana
30.7
65.2
29.5
1.3
0
5 5 South Carolina
29.0
65.3
29.2
1.3
0
6 6 Tennessee
30.7
67.4
29.0
1.2
0
7 7 Kentucky
28.7
69.1
28.4
1.0
0
9 8 Oklahoma
28.8
65.1
28.1
1.3
1
8 Arkansas
29.3
65.6
28.1
1.1
0
9 10 Michigan
28.2
64.3
27.7
0.9
-1
9 11 Indiana
27.4
63.2
27.5
0.6
-2
14 12 Georgia
28.7
65.0
27.4
1.3
2
12 Missouri
28.2
63.3
27.4
1.1
0
16 14 Alaska
28.2
65.1
27.3
1.5
2
12 15 Texas
28.6
65.8
27.2
0.9
-3
17 16 North Carolina
28.7
64.6
27.1
1.5
1
15 17 Ohio
28.1
63.5
26.9
0.9
-2
18 18 Nebraska
26.5
64.7
26.5
1.1
0
20 19 Iowa
27.7
64.7
26.3
1.4
1
20 20 South Dakota
27.2
65.5
26.0
1.1
0
19 21 North Dakota
27.0
64.9
25.9
0.8
-2
29 Delaware
28.2
65.0
25.9
2.4
8
27 23 Kansas
27.7
63.8
25.8
1.5
4
23 24 Pennsylvania
27.8
62.7
25.7
1.2
-1
24 25 Virginia
26.3
62.9
25.5
1.1
-1
22 26 Wisconsin
25.3
62.3
25.4
0.7
-4
24 27 Illinois
25.6
63.0
25.3
0.9
-3
24 28 Maryland
26.3
62.7
25.2
0.8
-4
30 29 Oregon
26.3
62.0
25.0
1.7
1
28 30 Minnesota
26.0
62.0
24.8
1.1
-2
32 31 Idaho
25.1
63.1
24.6
1.4
1
31 32 Washington
25.9
62.1
24.5
1.2
-1
35 33 Wyoming
24.5
62.2
24.0
1.2
2
32 34 Maine
25.2
62.9
23.7
0.6
-2
37 35 Nevada
24.6
63.0
23.6
1.2
2
37 36 New York
25.5
61.9
23.5
1.1
1
37 New Hampshire
25.1
61.8
23.5
1.2
1
34 38 Florida
24.1
62.1
23.3
0.4
-4
43 Arizona
25.8
62.6
23.3
1.5
5
42 40 New Mexico
25.1
60.8
23.2
1.2
2
36 41 California
23.3
59.0
23.1
0.4
-5
40 42 New Jersey
24.1
62.3
22.9
0.7
-2
40 43 District of Columbia
22.2
55.3
22.1
-0.1
-3
44 44 Utah
22.4
58.0
21.8
0.7
0
45 45 Montana
22.6
61.8
21.7
1.0
0
46 46 Rhode Island
21.7
60.8
21.4
0.9
0
48 47 Vermont
21.9
58.8
21.1
1.1
1
49 48 Massachusetts
21.7
58.9
20.9
1.1
1
47 49 Connecticut
21.7
59.2
20.8
0.7
-2
N.A. 50 Hawaii
21.7
56.8
20.7
N.A.
N.A.
50 51 Colorado
19.3
55.7
18.4
0.8
-1

Rankings are based on a three-year average of state-by-state statistics for adult obesity percentages from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Obesity is defined as a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 30.0 or over, overweight as a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9.

 
 

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