Fact Based List:

Top 10 States with Highest Number of Adults Overweight or Obese, 2009

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 08/17/2010 - 11:30


  1. Mississippi 67.8%
  2. Tennessee 65.9%
  3. Alabama 65.9%
  4. Oklahoma 65.3%
  5. West Virginia 65.0%
  6. Louisiana 64.9%
  7. South Dakota 64.4%
  8. Ohio 64.2%
  9. Kentucky 64.0%
  10. Missouri 63.8%

Notes: Overweight or obese is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25.0 kg/meters squared. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics. Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, 2009
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm



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