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State-By-State Obesity Rates

The 5th annual "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America," released Aug. 19, 2009, by the Trust for America's Health, listed obesity rates from 2005 to 2007 for each state

Alabama, 30.1 percent
Alaska, 27.3 percent
Arizona, 23.3 percent
Arkansas, 28.1 percent
California, 23.1 percent
Colorado, 18.4 percent
Connecticut, 20.8 percent
Delaware, 25.9 percent
D.C., 22.1 percent
Florida, 23.3 percent
Georgia, 27.5 percent
Hawaii, 20.7 percent
Idaho, 24.6 percent
Illinois, 25.3 percent
Indiana, 27.5 percent
Iowa, 26.3 percent
Kansas, 25.8 percent
Kentucky, 28.4 percent
Lousisiana, 29.5 percent
Maine, 23.7 percent
Maryland, 25.2 percent
Massachusetts, 20.9 percent
Michigan, 27.7 percent
Minnesota, 24.8 percent
Mississippi, 31.7 percent
Missouri, 27.4 percent
Montana, 21.7 percent
Nebraska, 26.5 percent
Nevada, 23.6 percent
New Hampshire, 23.6 percent
New Jersey, 22.9 percent
New Mexico, 23.3 percent
New York, 23.5 percent
North Carlona, 27.1 percent
North Dakota, 25.9 percent
Ohio, 26.9 percent
Oklahoma, 28.1 percent
Oregon, 25 percent
Pennsylvania, 25.7 percent
Rhode Island, 21.4 percent
South Carolina, 29.2 percent
South Dakota, 26.1 percent
Tennessee, 29 percent
Texas, 27.2 percent
Utah, 21.8 percent
Vermont, 21.1 percent
Virginia, 25.2 percent
Washington, 24.5 percent
West Virginia, 30.6 percent
Wisconsin, 25.5 percent
Wyoming, 24 percent

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