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| Fattest State In America |
CDC said that the prevalence of adult obesity in Mississippi was 34.9 percent during the past year, the nation's highest.
Apart from Mississippi, 11 other states had an obesity rate of 30 percent or more. They are Louisiana (33.4%), West Virginia (32.4%), Alabama (32.0%), Michigan (31.3%), Oklahoma (31.1%), Arkansas (30.9%), Indiana (30.8%), South Carolina (30.8%), Kentucky (30.4%), Texas (30.4%), and Missouri (30.3%).
Colorado is the slimmest state, with 20.7 percent of its residents falling into the obese category.
CDC added that the South had the highest prevalence of adult obesity (29.5 percent), followed by the Midwest (29 percent), the Northeast (25.3 percent) and the West (24.3 percent).
In 2008, medical costs associated with obesity were estimated at $147 billion; the medical costs for people who are obese were $1,429 higher than those of normal weight.
Obesity-related conditions include heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer, some of the leading causes of preventable death.
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