Top 10 States with Highest Number of Adults Overweight or Obese, 2009

1. Mississippi (67.8%)
2. Tennessee (65.9%)
3. Alabama (65.9%)
4. Oklahoma (65.3%)
5. West Virginia (65.0%)
6. Louisiana (64.9%)
7. South Dakota (64.4%)
8. Ohio (64.2%)
9. Kentucky (64.0%)
10. Missouri (63.8%)

Notes: Overweight or obese is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 25.0 kg/meters squared. Percentages are weighted to reflect population characteristics. Data based on the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, an ongoing, state-based, random-digit-dialed telephone survey of noninstitutionalized civilian adults aged 18 years and older.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, 2009
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.

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