A dozen states had an adult obesity rate above 30 percent in 2011, and no state was below 20 percent, according to new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Mississippi recorded the highest obesity rate at 34.9 percent. Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia also posted rates above 30 percent. Colorado had the least obese population in the country, according to the CDC, at 20.7 percent of adults.
The figures were based on the CDC's Behavior Risk Factor Surveillance System survey. The CDC noted that the survey's methodology changed in 2011, including the inclusion of cell phone-only households and an adjustment to the survey's weighting, that make the 2011 numbers uncomparable to previous estimates.
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