WV SECOND WORST IN NATION WITH OBESITY

(05/28/2015)

Thank god for Mississippi, again. For the second time, West Virginia had the second-highest obesity rate in the nation in 2014, according to a new poll from Gallup-Healthways. The new rankings place the Mountain State's obesity rate at 34.3 percent, which only falls behind Mississippi's rate of 35.2. West Virginia and Mississippi have frequently had high obesity rates since Gallup-Healthways began their annual poll in 2008. As recently as 2013, West Virginia had the highest obesity rate in the nation, with 33.5 percent. Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Alabama, Kentucky, Indiana, Iowa and Missouri rounded out the top 10 list of states with the highest obesity rates in 2014, a rate over 30 percent. Hawaii had the lowest obesity rate in the country, with Colorado, Montana, California, Massachusetts, Idaho, South Dakota, New York, Minnesota and Connecticut.

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