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Fact Based List:
Top 10 States with Fewest Number of Adults Overweight or Obese, 2009
Submitted By Kevin Gemulla, Created 11/18/2010 - 13:47
- District of Columbia (49.8%)
- Colorado (53.3%)
- Massachusetts (54.4%)
- Utah (55.6%)
- Connecticut (56.0%)
- Vermont (56.5%)
- Hawaii (56.8%)
- New York (57.4%)
- Virginia (57.6%)
- California (57.7%)
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Data, 2009.
Source URL: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/index.htm.
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.