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New Study Finds 29.1% of Pa. Adults Are Obese
That's an increase from 2012, when the state was 28.6% obese.
Written by Alison Smith
Just in time for New Year’s Resolution season, a new study from America’s Health Rankings finds that 29.1% of Pennsylvania adults are obese.
That will get you to the gym.
A person is deemed obese if he or she has a Body Mass Index of 30.0 or above. You can calculate your Body Mass Index on the Centers for Disease Control’s website.
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2013’s numbers reflect a slight uptick over 2012, when 28.6% of Pennsylvanians were obese.
The healthiest state, weigh-wise, is Colorado, with 20.5% of adults weighing in as obese. The least healthy is Louisiana, with 34.7% adult obesity.
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An interactive graphic on America’s Health Ranking’s website shows how we’re growing fatter over time; in 1990, only 12.5% of Pennsylvanians were obese.
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