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Wisconsin saw its adult obesityt raterise 0.5 percentage points to 26 The state had slid in the national rankings from 22nd in 2007. The now in its sixth year, is title d "F as in Fat: How Obesityt Policies Are Failing InAmerica 2009" and castigatesx federal, state and local governments for poor or patchworkk policies aimed at curbing obesity. "Our healtg care costs have grown along with our waist saidJeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America' s Health. "The obesity epidemic is a big contributotr to the skyrocketing health care costs in theUnitedc States.
How are we going to compet with the rest of the world if our economy and work force are weighed down by bad Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesityat 32.5 making it the fifth year in a row that the state topped the list. Four statesx now have rates above30 percent, includin Mississippi, Alabama (31.2 West Virginia (31.1 percent) and Tennessee (30.2 Eight of the 10 states with the highestf percentage of obese adults are in the Colorado continued to have the lowestf percentage of obese adults at 18.9 percent. Mississippi also had the highesft rate of obese and overweightchildrej (ages 10 to 17) at 44.4 percent. Minnesot and Utah had the lowesft rateat 23.1 percent.
Wisconsin fared among the better ranking 40th with a childhood obesity rateof 27.9 Eight of the 10 statexs with the highest rates of obese and overweighty children are in the Childhood obesity rates have more than tripled sinced 1980.
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