Tuesday, July 27, 2010

The spreading of obesity

An interesting chart that shows America’s obesity rates state by state:

The real shocker though, was reading this:

The map above shows America's obesity rates state by state. They hover in the 25 to 30 percent range. To put that in perspective, in 1991, no state had an obesity rate higher than 20 percent.

So in less than 20 years all states but one have crossed the 20% mark.  Where are we headed?

And this is interesting to note as well, although much less shocking:

The report also notes the relationship between income and weight: "35.3 percent of adults earning less than $15,000 per year were obese compared with 24.5 percent of adults earning $50,000 or more per year." Part of the problem there is that a salad costs more than a Big Mac.

Link here.

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