U.S. OBESITY RATES CONTINUE TO RISE

Obesity rates across the country continue to rise in both adults and children. The following images are from the 8th annual F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011 report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

States with the highest adult obesity rates:

1. Mississippi – 34.4 %

2. Alabama – 32.3 %

3. West Virginia – 32.2 %

4. Tennessee – 31.9 %

5. Louisiana – 31.9 %

41 – New York – 24.7 %