As part of the study they rated each state, and the District of Colombia, by the percentage of the state's adult population having a BMI of more than thirty.
Colorado came in as the most healthy state, with only 20.7% of adults being obese. Mississippi was ranked as the fattest state, as 34.9% of adults are considered obese there. Nationally the average is listed as being 35.7%.
This marks a dramatic increase from the past. Twenty years ago, no state had higher than twenty percent obesity rate. Just ten years ago, only Mississippi had a percentage higher than twenty-five percent, tellingly Colorado at the time was the only one below fifteen.
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