Fattest states. Your opinion?

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#1  Edited By Commando

Note: I linked it so if you can't read it, click the link and you can. Giantbomb just makes all text white so it's hard to read.
Well, my state is #3 again. I blame this on the fact that we drive EVERYWHERE. You cannot walk anywhere because everything is so spread out. I'm proud to say I'm not part of the 66.6% of obese people. My dad and mom are though.

2007
Rank
2008
Rank
State% Obese
2007
% Obese or
Overweight
2007
3-year
Obesity
Average
% Obesity
Change
Ranking
Change
11Mississippi32.668.131.61.00
22West Virginia30.368.030.60.90
33Alabama30.966.630.10.70
44Louisiana30.765.229.51.30
55South Carolina29.065.329.21.30
66Tennessee30.767.429.01.20
77Kentucky28.769.128.41.00
98Oklahoma28.865.128.11.31
8Arkansas29.365.628.11.10
910Michigan28.264.327.70.9-1
911Indiana27.463.227.50.6-2
1412Georgia28.765.027.41.32
12Missouri28.263.327.41.10
1614Alaska28.265.127.31.52
1215Texas28.665.827.20.9-3
1716North Carolina28.764.627.11.51
1517Ohio28.163.526.90.9-2
1818Nebraska26.564.726.51.10
2019Iowa27.764.726.31.41
2020South Dakota27.265.526.01.10
1921North Dakota27.064.925.90.8-2
29Delaware28.265.025.92.48
2723Kansas27.763.825.81.54
2324Pennsylvania27.862.725.71.2-1
2425Virginia26.362.925.51.1-1
2226Wisconsin25.362.325.40.7-4
2427Illinois25.663.025.30.9-3
2428Maryland26.362.725.20.8-4
3029Oregon26.362.025.01.71
2830Minnesota26.062.024.81.1-2
3231Idaho25.163.124.61.41
3132Washington25.962.124.51.2-1
3533Wyoming24.562.224.01.22
3234Maine25.262.923.70.6-2
3735Nevada24.663.023.61.22
3736New York25.561.923.51.11
37New Hampshire25.161.823.51.21
3438Florida24.162.123.30.4-4
43Arizona25.862.623.31.55
4240New Mexico25.160.823.21.22
3641California23.359.023.10.4-5
4042New Jersey24.162.322.90.7-2
4043District of Columbia22.255.322.1-0.1-3
4444Utah22.458.021.80.70
4545Montana22.661.821.71.00
4646Rhode Island21.760.821.40.90
4847Vermont21.958.821.11.11
4948Massachusetts21.758.920.91.11
4749Connecticut21.759.220.80.7-2
N.A.50Hawaii21.756.820.7N.A.N.A.
5051Colorado19.355.718.40.8-1


http://calorielab.com/news/2008/07/02/fattest-states-2008/
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#2  Edited By Mistyshadow

You can only see the first entry and not the rest... unless you highlight it.

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#3  Edited By sponge3164

Nice, I'm happy to see California pretty low on the list.

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#4  Edited By AmericanPegasus

I'm sorry, am I supposed to read that?

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#5  Edited By Karmum

Holy shit, hard to see. And NJ is 40th, not too bad.

I figured it would have been Texas, pretty surprised.

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#6  Edited By keyhunter

Fuck'em, they make me look better.

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#7  Edited By Shocker

#27. Not bad.

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#8  Edited By Commando
AmericanPegasus said:
"I'm sorry, am I supposed to read that?"
I linked it at the bottom so you can click it and read it better.
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#9  Edited By DJ_LaFleur

Whooo!  New hampshire get's 36th and 37th!

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#10  Edited By Major

#43
Better than I thought

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#11  Edited By Knives
Karmum said:
"Holy shit, hard to see. And NJ is 40th, not too bad.

I figured it would have been Texas, pretty surprised."
What the fuck is that suppose to mean?
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#12  Edited By Jolly_Lolly
sponge3164 said:
"Nice, I'm happy to see California pretty low on the list."
Me too.
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#13  Edited By Just_Insane

*sigh*  Kentucky is number 7.......we are such fatties

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Damn... My home state is pretty high up there.

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#15  Edited By Manks

Jersey is 42, not bad.  Especially since we have a high population. 

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#16  Edited By boxman

my state is ok =I

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#17  Edited By Wheatley

iowa should be farther down, i barely know or see any fat people here

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#18  Edited By BoG

My home state is down, down, down! Go Utah.
i'm happy to say I'm as skinny as a rail. i have to be, I'm training for a marathon.

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#19  Edited By Bnfbnggbfg

Oddly colorado is last. Which is uber weird cause at least 50% of the people i've seen here jiggled all over while they sat.

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#20  Edited By ConkerAndBerri2

Colorado has some fat asses there, I hate obese people.

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#21  Edited By Mrnitropb

Quick someone please cross reference this list with things like education, and birth rates!

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#22  Edited By AndrewGaspar

South Dakota is at 20... could be better.

I'm skinny, though, so... =)

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#23  Edited By Demyx

#28, thats pretty good, better than last year.
glad I"m not part of the obese percent.

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#24  Edited By pyromaniac

Illinois is pretty much smack in the middle..not bad

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#25  Edited By clarke0

My opinion is that your chart hurts my eyes. My state is near the bottom so that's cool. The reasons for people being so fat is A) food they eat and B) lack of exercise (a lot of people don't have time).

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#26  Edited By RetroIce4

Ohio has some fat people. I am glad I supra skinny. 5'9-10 and only 130. Sweet!

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#27  Edited By Tiefster

PA is lower than I thought.  How exactly is this measured anyway?  By doctor classification or do they just take stats like 5'8" over 200lbs = fat?  Because I'm 5'9" 240lbs but I'm not all that fat, just a little flabby around my tummy from living life too much.

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#28  Edited By Cynical_M

Texas is 15? That kinda sucks....

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#29  Edited By Black_Raven

Australia's the fattest country and that's what matters.

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#30  Edited By citizenkane

w00t!  Florida went down!  I'm surprised that Louisiana isn't in the top 3 or that Texas isn't higher than #15.

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#31  Edited By SSbabel

Your entire countrys obese, do some exercise and stop eating MC's

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#32  Edited By peaceful_anger

I knew my state of Mississippi was known for something,  but what can I say...we have good ole homemade Southern comfort food.

turkey and dressin, fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, baked potatoes, chicken and dumplins, black-eyed peas, red beans and rice, BBQ ribs, macaroni and cheese, collard greens, turnip greens, butter beans, corn, corn bread, vegetable soup, jambalaya, grits, steak, apple and peach cobblers, deviled eggs, fried green tomatos, fried okra, sweet potatoes.

I can see why we're fat, but I'm not one of them.

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#33  Edited By Batman

I find it hard to believe that over half of the population in every state is overweight.  #23 by the way, not bad.

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#34  Edited By WhySoSerious

Jeeze, so half of America is over weight?

That's crazy =\