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FAIRFIELD COUNTY, Conn. — Connecticut ranks as the fourth least obese state in the country, with 22.7 percent of people in the state obese in 2012, a recent Gallup Poll found.
The national obesity rate was 26.2 percent, nearly the same as 2011 when it was 26.1 percent, and all but four states remained the same as well, the statistics said.
The data was collected as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index, using peoples responses to height and weight to figure out body mass index, the article said. The statistics have been tracked since 2008 by Gallup and Healthways, the article said.
Here are the top 11 least obese states with the percentage of residents who are obese:
1. Colorado, 18.7 percent
2. Massachusetts, 21.5 percent
3. Montana, 20 percent
4. Connecticut, 22.7 percent
5. California, 23.1 percent
6. Utah, 23.9 percent
7. Arizona, 24.1 percent
8. Rhode Island, 24.3 percent
9. Idaho, New Jersey, Washington, all 24.4 percent
Here are the Top 10 most obese states, with the percentage of residents who are obese:
1. West Virginia, 33.5 percent
2. Mississippi, 32.2 percent
3. Arkansas, 31.4 percent
4. Louisiana, 30.9 percent
5. Alabama, 30.4 percent
6. Kentucky, 29.7 percent
7. Tennessee, 29.6 percent
8. Ohio, 29.5 percent
9. Oklahoma, 29.2 percent
10. Iowa, 29 percent
See the complete results here.
Comments (2)
Dear Glenn,
I've read a couple of your "whoa is me" statements. Here is some free advice....
You want your life to be better? Decide to make it better. Stop sitting around feeling sorry for yourself. No one wants to hang out with that chip on your shoulder. Not being insensitive, just being realistic.
I am not real fat. But, Thanks to New Canaan and my Mom I am somewhat overweight. Maybe if I had a Girl-Friend back in HS and I could relive and be young again I could be skinny again. But, alas. I am 52 w/one foot in the grave almost (NOT a threat...just saying and wishing) There is NO hope for me.
hope you all are happy New Canaan