After three decades of increases, adult obesity rates remained level in every state except for one.
August 15/Washington/PRNewswire-USNewswire -- After three decades of increases, adult obesity rates remained level in every state except for one, Arkansas, in the past year, according to "F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America's Future 2013," a report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).
Thirteen states now have adult obesity rates above 30%; 41 states have rates of at least 25%, and every state is above 20%, according to the report. In 1980, no state was above 15%; in 1991, no state was above 20%; in 2000, no state was above 25%; and, in 2007, only Mississippi was above 30%.