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June 29, 2010Ohio improves on national obesity ranking
Trust for America’s Health report moves Ohio from 10th to 13th most obese state
Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:00 AM
By Misti Crane
THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
The scale has budged.
This morning, the Trust for America’s Health is issuing its annual report on the state of obesity throughout the country, which includes a ranking of the states.
Ohio, which was ranked 10th last year, has moved to 13th most-obese state this year. Almost one in three adults is obese, and the statistics are worse for blacks and Latinos. Almost half of black Ohio adults are obese and 32 percent of Latinos are obese. The rate is about 28 percent among whites.
More than two-thirds of the states have an adult obesity rate above 25 percent, according to the report, which was produced in cooperation with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Mississippi was ranked the most obese state, at almost 34 percent and Colorado was ranked the slimmest state, with a 19 percent obesity rate.
Obesity is defined by the National Institutes of Health as a body mass index of 30 and above. Someone who is 5 feet, 9 inches tall is considered overweight at 169 pounds or more, and obese at 203 pounds or more.
To see the report, go to www.healthyamericans.org or www.rwjf.org.
