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Thursday, November 11, 2010
2010 CalorieLab, Inc Obesity Stats
For the fifth year in a row, Mississippi has been ranked above all others in terms of obesity rates. What's more alarming, at least to me, is to see a graphic representation of the "one in four American adults are obese" statistic. Read a thorough analysis of CalorieLab's findings here. Also, kudos to Colorado, where only one in five people are obese therefore making them the "thinnest state."
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Always interesting to see stats! LM
We've been having a conversation about this on facebook also. Well, about Michelle O's new "salad bars for schools" endeavors and whether or not our sedentary lifestyles play as big of a role in our weight as our food choices do. That is more on the childhood obesity front though. Not a lot of folks have faith that kids will choose salad over tater-tots... probably because adults (visible in these stats) choose the tots. Ugh.
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