Unless you’ve been living under a rock you already know that the United States is in the midst of what some health experts are calling an obesity epidemic. Studies have drawn clear links between being overweight and increased risks of disease like cancer. Heart health is also cited as a major reason to keep your waistline in check.
In a new report, WalletHub crunched the publicly available data regarding obesity rates, healthy eating, and mortality related to bodyweight to come up with a list of the fattest states in the country.
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These are the fattest states in the US originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 6 Nov 2019 at 21:03:31 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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