A record of seven US states now have obesity rates above 35%
September 14 2018 by Frida Hofmann Kruse
, medical review by Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt, MD
in The obesity epidemic



The US obesity rates keep escalating quickly. A record seven states now have obesity rates above 35%:
At least 35% of adults in seven U.S. states were obese in 2017 – up from five states in 2016, according to self-reported obesity prevalence data from the CDC.
In a news release, the CDC noted that five years ago, obesity prevalence in all seven states was under 35%.
The CDC estimated that obesity costs the U.S. healthcare system $147 billion a year.
Medpage Today: CDC: seven states had obesity rates above 35% in 2017
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1, Hawaii
2, Florida
3, Louisiana
4, Texas
5, California
6, Arizona
7, South Carolina
8, Georgia
9, Mississippi
and 10, Alabama.
Americans really know how to live like pigs. Even when it's 82 and sunny outside, they sit at home all day every day, shoveling sausage and bratwursts into their mouths, and pretending like it's 20 below zero outside with a roaring blizzard.