What's the fattest state in America?

Mississippi has the highest adult obesity rate at 39.7% and Colorado has the lowest at 24.2%. Between 2019-2020, the adult obesity rate increased in Alabama, California and Iowa. Since 2015, the adult obesity rate has increased significantly in 26 states.
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What are the top 10 fattest states in America?

Here are the 10 states with the highest rates of obesity:
  • Mississippi (40.80%)
  • West Virginia (39.70%)
  • Arkansas (37.40%)
  • Oklahoma (36.80%)
  • Kentucky (36.50%)
  • Tennessee (36.50%)
  • Alabama (36.10%)
  • Michigan (36.00%)
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What is the 1 fattest city in the USA?

McAllen, Texas, is the most overweight and obese city in the U.S., according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website.
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What is the most obese state in America 2020?

Mississippi, which has the highest rates of obesity in both children and adults, also has the highest percent of physically inactive adults in 2020.
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Which state has highest obesity rate?

Mississippi is the most obese U.S. state, with an obesity rate of 40.8%. Mississippi also has the lowest life expectancy of 74.5 years. West Virginia follows with an obesity rate of 39.7% and has the highest rate of type 2 diabetes in the U.S. at 15.7%.
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The 10 FATTEST STATES in AMERICA



What is the unhealthiest state?

1. Mississippi. Mississippi has consistently been the country's most unhealthy state for several years. While Mississippi has a low drug death rate and low prevalence of excessive drinking, it falls behind in many other categories.
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What is the skinniest state in America?

Gallup recently ranked each state by the percentage of population that was classified as obese -- meaning they had a Body Mass Index (BMI) score of 30 or above. West Virginia came in at the heaviest while Colorado proved to be the thinnest state in the nation.
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What is the fattest state 2021?

Updated September 2021: According to the most recent Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data, adult obesity rates now exceed 35% in 16 states. Mississippi has the highest adult obesity rate at 39.7% and Colorado has the lowest at 24.2%.
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What are the top 3 fittest states?

Key findings. The fittest states in the U.S., based on a ValuePenguin analysis of eight health metrics, are Massachusetts, Connecticut and California.
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What is the healthiest state?

Massachusetts is the healthiest state in the U.S., according to the most recent annual ranking from Sharecare, a digital health company, and the Boston University School of Public Health.
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What city is the skinniest?

Boulder, Colo., came out on top as the skinniest city, with just 12.1 percent of residents considered obese, while the number of obese in the fattest metro area, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas, soared to 38.8 percent.
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What is the most unhealthy city in America?

The 10 healthiest cities in the United States, according to WalletHub, are: San Francisco. Seattle.
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In comparison, the 10 unhealthiest cities, according to WalletHub, are:
  • Brownsville, Texas.
  • Gulfport, Miss.
  • Laredo, Texas.
  • Memphis, Tenn.
  • Jackson, Miss.
  • Charleston, W.V.
  • Shreveport, La.
  • Augusta, Ga.
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Is Chicago the fattest city?

Chicago named "Fattest city in America"
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What is the healthiest city in America?

San Francisco, California ranked No. 1 due to its residents' mental and physical health, health insurance coverage and because 83% of its population is vaccinated, according to Gonzalez. Brownsville, Texas ranked last based on a lack of health care providers and healthy food restaurants.
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What state is the most athletic?

Louisiana produces more pro athletes per capita than any other state.
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What is the healthiest state 2021?

ATLANTA – May 25, 2021 – During a year characterized by uncertainty, unrest, and suffering, Massachusetts emerged as the healthiest state in the nation in 2020, according to a report published today by digital health company Sharecare in partnership with the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH).
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What is the thinnest state?

Easy access to trails, sunny weather and a highly educated population churning and burning more calories at altitude are all widely attributed to Colorado being the thinnest state.
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What is the least obese city in America?

Urban Honolulu comes in at 100th, making it the least-obese city on the list. Provo has the lowest percentage of physically inactive adults in the nation, just beating out San Diego.
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What country has the skinniest population?

Vietnam is the thinnest country in the world.
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  • Timor-Leste (East Timor) - 3.8% ...
  • India - 3.9% ...
  • Cambodia - 3.9% ...
  • Nepal - 4.1% ...
  • Japan - 4.3% ...
  • Ethiopia - 4.5% ...
  • South Korea - 4.7% ...
  • Eritrea - 5%
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How obese is America?

The US obesity prevalence was 41.9% in 2017 – March 2020. From 1999 –2000 through 2017 –March 2020, US obesity prevalence increased from 30.5% to 41.9%. During the same time, the prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2%.
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Which state gets sick the most?

The 10 states that most commonly mention illness in tweets are spread across the country. Based on our Twitter data, Ohio is the sickest state – with nearly 164 tweets for every 100,000 residents. When it comes to prevention of infectious disease, America's Health Rankings put Ohio at No.
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Which state is the least healthiest?

Meanwhile, we found that Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas are the three least healthy states in America for 2020. All three states are the least healthy in America given a high prevalence of children in poverty and high cardiovascular death rates.
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