Texas – 33% Obesity Rate
You have probably heard that in the Lone Star State, everything is larger. This is also, unfortunately, true when it comes to waistlines! Obesity is suffered by one in three Texan adults. The number goes even higher if you count the number of people who are overweight. The CDC says that 65.9 percent of individuals in the state are above the recommended BMI. In addition, 27.3 percent of residents say that in the course of a month, they did not engage in physical activity at all. Huh. Yikes.
Texas – 33% Obesity Rate
North Dakota – 33.2% Obesity Rate
There was no state in 1985, which had an obesity rate north of 15%. Six years later, no state had a rate of obesity more significant than 20%. Sadly, North Dakota’s obesity rate has since gone up to 33.2 percent. 71% are obese or overweight. Higher levels of obesity tend to be seen by those in rural areas. What makes it even worse is that, while 10 percent have diabetes, 29.5 percent have high blood pressure.
North Dakota – 33.2% Obesity Rate
