The skinny: Colorado least obese state in the union
By Allison Sherry
WASHINGTON — Taking a slight break from politics, Gallup is out this morning with a poll showing Colorado is the least obese state in the nation.
West Virginia is the most obese.
(But we both have mountains! What gives?)
Colorado has held this distinction since 2010. It is the only state in the country where less than 20 percent of its adults are obese. In West Virginia, 33.5 percent of adults are medically defined as obese.
The good news for those of us who don't live in Colorado is the national obesity rate, 26.2 percent, held steady from 2011 to 2012 — instead of growing.
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