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Obesity On The Rise
According to the Centers for
Disease Control, there has
been a dramatic increase in
obesity in the United States
during the past 20 years. In
2010, no state had less than
a 20 percent prevalence of
obesity. Thirty-four states had
25 percent or more.
US Obesity Trends by State, 1985-2010,
U.S. Centers for Disease Control,
http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html
State Obesity Rates from 1990-2010
(% of state population with BMI ≥ 30 in U.S. Adults)
1990
2000
2010
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