Mississippi repeats as fattest state, Colorado as leanest

[BOURBON TOWN CAT FAN]

http://calorielab.com/news/2006/08/12/fattest-states-2006/
Mississippi repeats as fattest state, Colorado as leanest For 2006
Mississippi has once again claimed the title of fattest state, while Colorado repeats as the leanest. Louisiana remains at number four, but its three-year obesity average climbed more than any other state, by 1.8%, with a one-year 2005 obesity percentage just barely below Mississippi’s.
Nevada’s three-year obesity average was the only one to drop against last year’s numbers, by 0.1%. All other states’ three-year averages rose.
According to the single-year 2005 survey figures, Mississippi becomes the only state with more than two-thirds of its population (67.3%) either overweight or obese.
The fattest states are concentrated in the South (excluding Florida), while the leanest states are clustered in the non-coastal West and New England.
CalorieLab computed the fattest state rankings for this year and last based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System database maintained by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The rankings use a three-year average in order to smooth out statistical fluctuations.

[Terry L. Wildcat]

:cool:Being a Kentucky boy who has been in Colorado almost thirty years I have heard many comments from friends about how physically active Colorado is...on the front range we get about 300 days of sunshine a year..."out there having fun, in the warm Colorado sun" :cool:

[Terry L. Wildcat]

[sardiscat]

We're No. 1! The wife of a friend of mine is an expert on the codes medical providers have to use for the now-mandatory electronic filing of medicare and insurance claims. As such, her services as a speaker and trainer are greatly in demand. My friend accompanied her to a Mississippi Medical Association convention where she made a presentation to the assembled doctors. My friend said virtually every one of them was pushing 280 pounds. (A bunch of them smoked all through the presentation, as well). If that's the best the state's doctors can do as far as keeping their weight under control, it figures that the girth of the general populationis going to be substantial.

[Ralph Cramden]

With the great playground we have here in Colorado its not hard for me to believe Colorado is ranked "leanest state in the country"! On any given day you will see hordes of people walking, bicycling, roller blading, and running all over Boulder County. I love to hike and cycle and get high on the endorphins. :ggrin: