After three decades of increases, adult obesity rates remained level in every state except for one, Arkansas, in the past year, according to F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2013, a report released by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. A new website—fasinfat.org—features the full report, infographics, interactive maps tracking state obesity trends from 1990, an obesity policy series highlighting strategies to prevent and reduce the epidemic, and expert commentaries.
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Rank
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State
|
2012 obesity rate
|
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1
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Louisiana
|
34.7%
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2
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Mississippi
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34.6%
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3
|
Arkansas
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34.5%
|
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4
|
West Virginia
|
33.8%
|
|
5
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Alabama
|
33.0%
|
|
6
|
Oklahoma
|
32.2%
|
|
7
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South Carolina
|
31.6%
|
|
8
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Indiana
|
31.4%
|
|
9
|
Kentucky
|
31.3%
|
|
10
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Tennessee
|
31.1%
|
|
10
|
Michigan
|
31.1%
|
|
12
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Iowa
|
30.4%
|
|
13
|
Ohio
|
30.1%
|
|
14
|
Kansas
|
29.9%
|
|
15
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Wisconsin
|
29.7%
|
|
15
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North Dakota
|
29.7%
|
|
17
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North Carolina
|
29.6%
|
|
17
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Missouri
|
29.6%
|
|
19
|
Texas
|
29.2%
|
|
20
|
Georgia
|
29.1%
|
|
20
|
Pennsylvania
|
29.1%
|
|
22
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Nebraska
|
28.6%
|
|
23
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Maine
|
28.4%
|
|
24
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Illinois
|
28.1%
|
|
24
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South Dakota
|
28.1%
|
|
26
|
Maryland
|
27.6%
|
|
27
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Virginia
|
27.4%
|
|
28
|
New Hampshire
|
27.3%
|
|
28
|
Oregon
|
27.3%
|
|
30
|
New Mexico
|
27.1%
|
|
31
|
Delaware
|
26.9%
|
|
32
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Idaho
|
26.8%
|
|
32
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Washington
|
26.8%
|
|
34
|
Nevada
|
26.2%
|
|
35
|
Arizona
|
26.0%
|
|
36
|
Alaska
|
25.7%
|
|
36
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Minnesota
|
25.7%
|
|
36
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Rhode Island
|
25.7%
|
|
39
|
Connecticut
|
25.6%
|
|
40
|
Florida
|
25.2%
|
|
41
|
California
|
25.0%
|
|
42
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New Jersey
|
24.6%
|
|
42
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Wyoming
|
24.6%
|
|
44
|
Montana
|
24.3%
|
|
44
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Utah
|
24.3%
|
|
46
|
Vermont
|
23.7%
|
|
47
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Hawaii
|
23.6%
|
|
47
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New York
|
23.6%
|
|
49
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Massachusetts
|
22.9%
|
|
50
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District of Columbia
|
21.9%
|
|
51
|
Colorado
|
20.5%
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RWJF.org
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