Published 22:33 IST, November 6th 2019

Report: Mississippi rated as the most obese state in America

Mississipi has been reported to be the fattest state in the US according to a new survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Mississipi has been reported to be most obese state in US according to a new survey conducted by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. personal finance site WalletHub revealed its '2019 Fattest States In America' report on vember 5 and found that Mississipi is most obese state in US. reason for being fattest state is because state has highest prevalence of children and ults who are obese and overweight. According to reports, four most obese states of US after Mississipi are West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Alabama.

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Data were collected from 50 states across US

data was collected from all 50 states across US and Washington and rankings were based in accordance with obesity and overweight prevalence across America. data also figured out physical activity rates, health consequences and food consumption referred from US Census,   Bureau of Labor Statistics, and or organizations such as Child and olescent Health Measurement Initiative and Data Resource Center for Child and olescent Health.
On or hand, Utah was ranked to have least obesity rate followed by Coloro, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and California.

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US has been dealing with obesity since 2003

Well-Being Index and Gallup's National Health released data in February which placed West Virginia on bottom of well-being list for 10th year in a row.US spends around USD 200 billion annually on obesity-related health issues.
America has a long history of obesity-related issues and condition affected 93.3 million ults in country from 2015 to 2016, according to reports. US obesity rates have been prevalent since 2003 and rates are frequently increasing day by day. n-Hispanic black, Hispanic, and Mexican American ults have higher rates of obesity as compared to n-Hispanic white ults. Obesity causes many health-related issues such as heart disease, 2 diabetes, cancer, stroke, and many or diseases.

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