obesity rates

The adult obesity rate was at or above 35% in seven states and at least 30% in 29 states. West Virginia has the highest adult obesity rate at 38.1% and Colorado has the lowest at 22.6%.

Report: No State Has Improved Its Obesity Rate

Daylina Miller

More than one in four Floridians is considered obese, according to the latest “State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America" report....

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Rising Obesity Puts Strain On Nursing Homes

At 72, her gray hair closely shorn, her days occupied by sewing and television, Wanda Chism seems every bit a typical nursing home patient — but for her…

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Florida Still Fat, Report Says

Lottie Watts

According to the latest "F as in Fat" report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Florida still has a serious