Mississippi Tops State Obesity Ranking

Nearly 30% of Mississippi adult residents are obese. The state tops the new list from Trust for America’s Health, a nonprofit group lobbying to make disease prevention a national priority.

But Mississippi isn’t alone. It’s among the 13 states in which at least one in four adult residents is obese.

The 10 states with the highest obesity rates are:

1. Mississippi
2. Alabama
3. West Virginia
4. Louisiana
5. Kentucky
6. Tennessee
7. Arkansas
8. Indiana (tie for 8th)
9. South Carolina (tie for 8th)
10. Texas

Colorado is the leanest state. But that’s only by comparison: Seventeen percent of Coloradans are obese. Not even a single U.S. state is near the national goal of reducing the obesity rate to 15% by 2010.

The 10 states with the lowest obesity rates are:

1. Colorado
2. Hawaii
3. Massachusetts
4. Rhode Island
5. Vermont
6. Connecticut
7. Montana
8. Arizona
9. Utah
10. Nevada

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New Mexico is 11th lowest. Full list.