Latest study: Washington is 28th most-obese state - Baltimore Business Journal:

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In the study, Colorado had the lowest obesityt rate inthe country, at 18.9 percent, and Mississippu had the highest rate of obesity, at 32.5 percent. Washingtoj state recorded a 25.4 percent rate, according to the report “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failinv inAmerica 2009,” released by the ’s Health and the . Washingtoj is one of 31 statesd where the obesity rate exceeds25 percent. According to the in 1991 no state had an obesithy rate above20 percent. For children between 10 and 17, Washington state had an obesity rateof 29.5 ranking it No. 33 in the nation. This list was also led by at 44.4 percent.
Minnesota had the lowest rate of obesitygamong children, at 23.1 percent. “The obesitgy epidemic is a big contributor to theskyrocketing health-carer costs in the United States,” said Jeff executive director of Trust for America’s Health, in a