“After years and years of watching the rates rise, it’s been the first year that they’ve leveled off,” said Laura Segal, director of public affairs for the Trust for America
More than one in three West Virginia adults are obese, according to a new report from the Trust for America
Segal helped write this year’s obesity report, titled “F As In Fat: How Obesity Threatens America Arkansas
For West Virginia , that means a continued obesity rate of 33.8 percent, which still ranks the Mountain State the fourth fattest in the United States Louisiana , Mississippi and Arkansas
“Hopefully, some of the policies and different efforts that people are making will start paying off, and this might be the first sign of progress,” said Segal.
The report shows obesity disparities based on income and education. More than 31 percent of adults 18 and older who earn less than $25,000 annually were obese, compared with 25.4 percent of those earning $50,000 or more. Adults 26 and up who did not graduate high school showed an obesity rate above 35 percent, compared with 21.3 percent of those who graduated from college or technical college.
How all 50 states and the District of Columbia
1. Louisiana
2. Mississippi
3. Arkansas
4. West Virginia
5. Alabama
6. Oklahoma
7. South Carolina
8. Indiana
9. Kentucky
10. (tie) Michigan and Tennessee
12. Iowa
13. Ohio
14. Kansas
15. (tie) North Dakota and Wisconsin
17. (tie) Missouri and North Carolina
19. Texas
20. (tie) Georgia and Pennsylvania
22. Nebraska
23. Maine
24. (tie) Illinois and South Dakota
26. Maryland
27. Virginia
28. (tie) New Hampshire and Oregon
30. New Mexico
31. Delaware
32. (tie) Idaho and Washington
34. Nevada
35. Arizona
36. (tie) Alaska , Minnesota and Rhode Island
39. Connecticut
40. Florida
41. California
42. (tie) New Jersey and Wyoming
44. (tie) Montana and Utah
46. Vermont
47. (tie) Hawaii and New York
49. Massachusetts
50. District of Columbia
51. Colorado
For 10 years now, the Trust for America
