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It's not JUST regional differences though. In 1990, the state with the consistently highest obesity rate, Mississippi, only had 15% of the population obese. Col
by MiddleEndian 6y ago
It's not JUST regional differences though. In 1990, the state with the consistently highest obesity rate, Mississippi, only had 15% of the population obese. Colorado, the leanest state, surpassed that in 2003 with 16% and got up to 23.8% obese in 2019. As of 2019, Mississippi has climbed up to 40.8%. I imagine in a decade or two Colorado will catch up, assuming no systematic changes.
Source: https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/adult-obesity/ https://stateofchildhoodobesity.org/adult-obesity/
- thinkharderdev 6y agoRight, there is definitely a broader change going on but I also don't think looking at state level data really invalidates the urban/rural variance divide. To take Colorado as an example, you see the same sort of divide I mentioned when you go from Boulder/Denver to rural Western Colorado (especially in the southwest in and around the reservations).