Mississippi Is Fat | The Ashford Zone

For the fifth year in a row, the fatty-fatheads of Mississippi take the cake (literally?) when it comes to obesity in the United States.

Not surprisingly, the East and West coasts are the leanest, and the Southern and Midwest states are fatter. Maine rose the most places in the rankings over last year, while Oregon dropped the most, according to a new analysis by CalorieLab, Inc.

The CalorieLab United States of Obesity Fattest States Ranking 2010
2009 Rank	2010 Rank	State	% Obese 2009	% Obese or Overweight 2009	3-year Obesity Average	% Obesity Change	Ranking Change
1	1	Mississippi	35.3	70.2	33.8	1.3	0
2	2	Alabama	31.6	68.1	31.6	0.4	0
4	2	Tennessee	32.8	68.9	31.6	1.3	2
3	4	West Virginia	31.7	67.5	31.3	0.2	-1
8	5	Louisiana	33.9	67.6	31.2	2.3	3
6	6	Oklahoma	32.0	67.4	30.6	1.1	0
7	7	Kentucky	32.3	66.9	30.4	1.4	0
10	8	Arkansas	31.4	66.5	30.1	1.5	2
5	9	South Carolina	30.0	65.7	29.9	0.2	-4
12	10	North Carolina	30.1	65.3	29.4	1.2	2
9	11	Michigan	30.3	65.5	29.3	0.5	-2
13	11	Missouri	30.5	65.5	29.3	1.1	2
10	13	Ohio	29.7	66.6	29.0	0.4	-3
14	13	Texas	29.5	66.7	29.0	1.1	1
20	15	South Dakota	30.2	67.0	28.5	1.6	5
18	16	Kansas	28.7	64.5	28.2	0.9	2
16	17	Indiana	29.9	65.0	28.1	0.7	-1
14	17	Georgia	27.7	65.3	28.1	0.2	-3
22	17	Pennsylvania	28.0	63.9	28.1	1.3	5
17	20	Delaware	27.5	63.6	27.8	0.5	-3
22	21	North Dakota	28.3	66.0	27.7	1.0	1
22	22	Iowa	28.4	67.1	27.6	0.9	0
21	23	Nebraska	28.0	64.7	27.2	0.4	-2
18	24	Alaska	25.4	63.2	26.9	-0.3	-6
25	24	Wisconsin	29.2	65.6	26.9	0.9	1
27	26	Illinois	27.3	64.3	26.6	0.7	1
25	26	Maryland	26.7	62.8	26.6	0.6	-1
28	28	Washington	26.9	62.4	26.3	0.9	0
35	29	Maine	26.4	64.1	25.8	1.1	6
33	30	Arizona	25.8	64.1	25.7	1.0	3
28	31	Virginia	25.5	60.5	25.5	0.1	-3
32	31	Nevada	26.4	63.0	25.5	0.5	1
31	31	Minnesota	25.3	63.1	25.5	0.2	0
36	34	New Mexico	25.5	61.7	25.4	0.9	2
39	34	New Hampshire	26.3	62.8	25.4	1.3	5
33	36	Idaho	25.1	61.3	25.1	0.3	-3
39	36	Florida	25.9	62.4	25.1	0.9	3
37	38	New York	24.5	60.0	25.0	0.5	-1
38	38	Wyoming	25.3	62.1	25.0	0.7	0
28	38	Oregon	23.6	60.6	25.0	-0.4	-10
41	41	California	25.5	61.2	24.4	0.7	0
42	42	New Jersey	23.9	61.8	23.9	0.4	0
43	43	Montana	23.7	62.0	23.5	0.8	0
44	44	Utah	24.0	57.9	23.2	0.7	0
48	45	Rhode Island	24.9	61.5	22.9	1.2	3
46	46	Vermont	23.3	58.1	22.8	0.7	0
47	47	Hawaii	22.9	57.8	22.6	0.8	0
49	48	Massachusetts	21.8	57.4	21.7	0.5	1
45	49	District of Columbia	20.1	51.7	21.5	-0.8	-4
49	50	Connecticut	21.0	58.9	21.4	0.1	-1
51	51	Colorado	18.9	55.6	19.1	0.2	0
Rankings were computed by CalorieLab based on a three-year average of state-by-state statistics for adult obesity percentages from the CDC’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System database. Obesity is defined as a BMI of 30.0 or over, overweight as a BMI of 25.0 to 29.9.