States' Fitness

[DaveInDenver]

As ranked by a group called Trust for America's Health.

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/Fitness/story?id=3529506&page=1

Most Obese
Mississippi 30.60% obese rank: 1
West Virginia 29.80% obese rank: 2
Alabama 29.40% obese rank: 3
Louisiana 28.20% obese rank: 4
South Carolina 27.80% obese rank: 5
Tennessee 27.80% obese rank: 5
Kentucky 27.50% obese rank: 7
Arkansas 27.00% obese rank: 8
Indiana 26.80% obese rank: 9
Michigan 26.80% obese rank: 9
Oklahoma 26.80% obese rank: 9
Missouri 26.30% obese rank: 12
Texas 26.30% obese rank: 12
Georgia 26.10% obese rank: 14

Least Obese:
Colorado 17.60% obese rank: 51
Massachusetts 19.80% obese rank: 50
Vermont 20.00% obese rank: 49
Connecticut 20.10% obese rank: 47
Hawaii 20.10% obese rank: 47
Rhode Island 20.50% obese rank: 46
Montana 20.70% obese rank: 45
Utah 21.10% obese rank: 44
Arizona 21.70% obese rank: 43
New Mexico 22.00% obese rank: 42
D.C. 22.20% obese rank: 40
New Jersey 22.20% obese rank: 40

 

[MossMan]

WV is number 2 baby!!!:victory: We're a good lookin' bunch a folks :REOutShootinghunter

 

[Dave]

As a tallish skinny boy from Missouri, I can honestly say it is difficult to find pants that fit my long legs and small waist here at home. I love shopping in Colorado because I can find pants that fit in a variety of colors and styles.

 

[7wt]

As far as Texas being on the list....there is just too much good food here not to be on that list! Speaking of which, a sammich at Angelo's is on the menu for today by George!

http://www.angelosbbq.com/htm/menu.htm

 

[Scott Brady]

sammich

LOL

 

[Jacket]

^LOL - the poor SC girl.... You can see that they included DC as a poll member, right?

Another bad showing for the South. Too bad, but having lived down there for much of my teen and early 20's, there's some really damn good food, it rains too much outside of summer, and the summer is miserably humid and hot.

I'm not sympathizing, but I can see why....and it's why I'm in Colorado now.

 

[ZooJunkie]

California isn't listed. I guess we're well-rounded.

 

[DaveInDenver]

did we get an extra star on our flag at some point?

Includes D.C.

Full List
Alabama 29.40% obese rank: 3
Alaska 25.80% obese rank: 16
Arizona 21.70% obese rank: 43
Arkansas 27.00% obese rank: 8
California 22.70% obese rank: 36
Colorado 17.60% obese rank: 51
Connecticut 20.10% obese rank: 47
Delaware 23.60% obese rank: 29
D.C. 22.20% obese rank: 40
Florida 22.90% obese rank: 34
Georgia 26.10% obese rank: 14
Hawaii 20.10% obese rank: 47
Idaho 23.20% obese rank: 31
Illinois 24.40% obese rank: 25
Indiana 26.80% obese rank: 9
Iowa 24.90% obese rank: 20
Kansas 24.30% obese rank: 27
Kentucky 27.50% obese rank: 7
Louisiana 28.20% obese rank: 4
Maine 23.00% obese rank: 33
Maryland 24.40% obese rank: 25
Massachusetts 19.80% obese rank: 50
Michigan 26.80% obese rank: 9
Minnesota 23.70% obese rank: 28
Mississippi 30.60% obese rank: 1
Missouri 26.30% obese rank: 12
Montana 20.70% obese rank: 45
Nebraska 25.40% obese rank: 18
Nevada 22.50% obese rank: 37
New Hampshire 22.40% obese rank: 38
New Jersey 22.20% obese rank: 40
New Mexico 22.00% obese rank: 42
New York 22.40% obese rank: 38
North Carolina 25.60% obese rank: 17
North Dakota 25.10% obese rank: 19
Ohio 26.00% obese rank: 15
Oklahoma 26.80% obese rank: 9
Oregon 23.30% obese rank: 30
Pennsylvania 24.50% obese rank: 23
Rhode Island 20.50% obese rank: 46
South Carolina 27.80% obese rank: 5
South Dakota 24.90% obese rank: 20
Tennessee 27.80% obese rank: 5
Texas 26.30% obese rank: 12
Utah 21.10% obese rank: 44
Vermont 20.00% obese rank: 49
Virginia 24.50% obese rank: 23
Washington 23.20% obese rank: 31
West Virginia 29.80% obese rank: 2
Wisconsin 24.80% obese rank: 22
Wyoming 22.80% obese rank: 35

 

[DaktariEd]

The epidemic of obesity in this country is frightening!
The CDC has a PowerPoint slide presentation available for download (CDC Obesity) that shows a series of US maps with the % of obese adults per state. If you run through the slides you'll see how dramatic a change this has been in less than a generation.
Here's an out-take (see below).
Pardon the pun, but it's a HUGE problem!
The current generation of children less than age 18 may be the first in U.S. history to have a life expectancy LESS than their parents!

BTW...Coloradans shouldn't gloat. They've gone from <10% obese to 15-19% obese...they're getting fatter also!

 

[DaveInDenver]

Ha! Good one, Shovel.