Below is a list of states according to the percentage of adults considered to be obese, with Mississippi at number 1 (33.8%) and Colorado at number 51 (19.1%).
Percentage of adults considered to be obese, by state:
1.Mississippi 33.8%
2. tie Alabama 31.6%; & Tennessee 31.6%
4. West Virginia 31.3%
5. Louisiana 31.2%
6.Oklahoma 30.6%
7. Kentucky 30.5%
8. Arkansas 30.1%
9. South Carolina 29.9%
10. tie Michigan 29.4%; & North Carolina 29.4%
12. Missouri 29.3%
13. tie Ohio 29.0%; & Texas 29.0%
15. South Dakota 28.5%
16. Kansas 28.2%
17. tie Georgia 28.1%; Indiana 28.1%; & Pennsylvania 28.1%
20. Delaware 27.9%
21. North Dakota 27.7%
22. Iowa 27.6%
23. Nebraska 27.3%
24. tie Alaska 26.9%; & Wisconsin 26.9%
26. tie Illinois 26.6%; & Maryland 26.6%
28. Washington 26.3%
29. tie Arizona 25.8%; & Maine 25.8%
31. Nevada 25.6%
32. tie Minnesota 25.5%; New Mexico 25.5%; & Virginia 25.5%
35. New Hampshire 25.4%
36. tie Florida 25.1%; Idaho 25.1%; & New York 25.1%
39. tie Oregon 25.0%; & Wyoming 25.0%
41. California 24.4%
42. New Jersey 23.9%
43. Montana 23.5%
44. Utah 23.2%
45. Rhode Island 22.9%
46. Vermont 22.8%
47. Hawaii 22.6%
48. Massachusetts 21.7%
49. District of Columbia. 21.5%
50. Connecticut 21.4%
51. Colorado 19.1%
Source: Trust for America’s Health
Edited by Christian Nordqvist