Texas – 33% Obesity Rate
You have probably learned that everything is bigger in the Lone Star State. Sadly, this is also true when it comes to waistlines! One in 3 Texan adults suffers from obesity. If you count the number of individuals that are overweight, the number goes much higher. 65.9 percent of people in the state are above the minimum BMI, the CDC states. Furthermore, 27.3 percent of residents state that they did not engage in physical exercise at all in the course of a month. Huh Huh. Huh. Yikes.
North Dakota – 33.2% Obesity Rate
There was no state in 1985, which had an obesity rate north of 15%. Six years later, no state had an obesity rate greater than 20% . Sadly, the obesity rate in North Dakota has since gone up to 33.2 percent. 71 percent are overweight or obese. Those in rural areas tend to see higher levels of obesity. What makes it even worse is that 29.5 percent have high blood pressure, while 10 percent have diabetes.