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U.S. Obesity Trends 1985-2007 |
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During the past 20 years there has been a dramatic increase in obesity in the United States. This slide set illustrates this trend by mapping the increased prevalence of obesity across each of the states. In 2007, only one state (Colorado) had a prevalence of obesity less than 20%. Thirty states had a prevalence equal to or greater than 25%; three of these states (Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee) had a prevalence of obesity equal to or greater than 30%. The animated map below shows the United States obesity prevalence from 1985 through 2007.
| State | % | State | % | State | % | State | % |
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| Alabama | 30.3 | Illinois | 24.9 | Montana | 21.8 | Rhode Island | 21.4 | | Alaska | 27.5 | Indiana | 26.8 | Nebraska | 26.0 | South Carolina | 28.4 | | Arizona | 25.4 | Iowa | 26.9 | Nevada | 24.1 | South Dakota | 26.2 | | Arkansas | 28.7 | Kansas | 26.9 | New Hampshire | 24.4 | Tennessee | 30.1 | | California | 22.6 | Kentucky | 27.4 | New Jersey | 23.5 | Texas | 28.1 | | Colorado | 18.7 | Louisiana | 29.8 | New Mexico | 24.0 | Utah | 21.8 | | Connecticut | 21.2 | Maine | 24.8 | New York | 25.0 | Vermont | 21.3 | | Delaware | 27.4 | Maryland | 25.4 | North Carolina | 28.0 | Virginia | 24.3 | | Washington DC | 21.8 | Massachusetts | 21.3 | North Dakota | 26.5 | Washington | 25.3 | | Florida | 23.6 | Michigan | 27.7 | Ohio | 27.5 | West Virginia | 29.5 | | Georgia | 28.2 | Minnesota | 25.6 | Oklahoma | 28.1 | Wisconsin | 24.7 | | Hawaii | 21.4 | Mississippi | 32.0 | Oregon | 25.5 | Wyoming | 23.7 | | Idaho | 24.5 | Missouri | 27.5 | Pennsylvania | 27.1 | | |
The data shown in these maps were collected through the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Each year, state health departments use standard procedures to collect data through a series of monthly telephone interviews with U.S. adults. Prevalence estimates generated for the maps may vary slightly from those generated for the states by the BRFSS as slightly different analytic methods are used.
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