Fattest States

The CalorieLab United States of Obesity Fattest States Ranking 2008 2007
Rank 2008
Rank State % Obese
2007 % Obese or
Overweight
2007 3-year
Obesity
Average % Obesity
Change Ranking
Change
1 1 Mississippi 32.6 68.1 31.6 1.0 0
2 2 West Virginia 30.3 68.0 30.6 0.9 0
3 3 Alabama 30.9 66.6 30.1 0.7 0
4 4 Louisiana 30.7 65.2 29.5 1.3 0
5 5 South Carolina 29.0 65.3 29.2 1.3 0
6 6 Tennessee 30.7 67.4 29.0 1.2 0
7 7 Kentucky 28.7 69.1 28.4 1.0 0
9 8 Oklahoma 28.8 65.1 28.1 1.3 1
8 Arkansas 29.3 65.6 28.1 1.1 0
9 10 Michigan 28.2 64.3 27.7 0.9 -1
9 11 Indiana 27.4 63.2 27.5 0.6 -2
14 12 Georgia 28.7 65.0 27.4 1.3 2
12 Missouri 28.2 63.3 27.4 1.1 0
16 14 Alaska 28.2 65.1 27.3 1.5 2
12 15 Texas 28.6 65.8 27.2 0.9 -3
17 16 North Carolina 28.7 64.6 27.1 1.5 1
15 17 Ohio 28.1 63.5 26.9 0.9 -2
18 18 Nebraska 26.5 64.7 26.5 1.1 0
20 19 Iowa 27.7 64.7 26.3 1.4 1
20 20 South Dakota 27.2 65.5 26.0 1.1 0
19 21 North Dakota 27.0 64.9 25.9 0.8 -2
29 Delaware 28.2 65.0 25.9 2.4 8
27 23 Kansas 27.7 63.8 25.8 1.5 4
23 24 Pennsylvania 27.8 62.7 25.7 1.2 -1
24 25 Virginia 26.3 62.9 25.5 1.1 -1
22 26 Wisconsin 25.3 62.3 25.4 0.7 -4
24 27 Illinois 25.6 63.0 25.3 0.9 -3
24 28 Maryland 26.3 62.7 25.2 0.8 -4
30 29 Oregon 26.3 62.0 25.0 1.7 1
28 30 Minnesota 26.0 62.0 24.8 1.1 -2
32 31 Idaho 25.1 63.1 24.6 1.4 1
31 32 Washington 25.9 62.1 24.5 1.2 -1
35 33 Wyoming 24.5 62.2 24.0 1.2 2
32 34 Maine 25.2 62.9 23.7 0.6 -2
37 35 Nevada 24.6 63.0 23.6 1.2 2
37 36 New York 25.5 61.9 23.5 1.1 1
37 New Hampshire 25.1 61.8 23.5 1.2 1
34 38 Florida 24.1 62.1 23.3 0.4 -4
43 Arizona 25.8 62.6 23.3 1.5 5
42 40 New Mexico 25.1 60.8 23.2 1.2 2
36 41 California 23.3 59.0 23.1 0.4 -5
40 42 New Jersey 24.1 62.3 22.9 0.7 -2
40 43 District of Columbia 22.2 55.3 22.1 -0.1 -3
44 44 Utah 22.4 58.0 21.8 0.7 0
45 45 Montana 22.6 61.8 21.7 1.0 0
46 46 Rhode Island 21.7 60.8 21.4 0.9 0
48 47 Vermont 21.9 58.8 21.1 1.1 1
49 48 Massachusetts 21.7 58.9 20.9 1.1 1
47 49 Connecticut 21.7 59.2 20.8 0.7 -2
N.A. 50 Hawaii 21.7 56.8 20.7 N.A. N.A.
50 51 Colorado 19.3 55.7 18.4 0.8

I don't care, I'm still eating fried chicken and cheese fries.

 

Eat them and they die, don't eat them and they die from mad cow disease.