The fattest states in America have been revealed for 2017 with Mississippi leading the way for the second year in a row.
WalletHub ranked the states using 19 different metrics, including three key components, obesity and overweight prevalence, health consequences, and food and fitness.
Among the highest-ranked states based on this criteria are Mississippi, West Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana.
The bottom five marking the the healthiest-ranked states include Colorado, Massachusetts, Utah, Hawaii and Montana.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than seven in 10 US adults 20 and older are either overweight or obese.
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2 comments:
Mississippi, West Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and Louisiana All welfare states that take from the north.
If it ain't fried, I ain't going to wash it down with my RC cola.
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