17.Texas – 33% Obesity Rate
Texans are not lying when they claim that their state produces a larger version of anything that you could imagine, including people! 33% of the Texan majority struggles with obesity. Add in the total overweight percentage of the total population and you have a staggering health problem. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), nearly 65.9% of Texans have exceeded the suggested BMI. This is also an incredibly inactive population, with 27.3% of Texans having admitted that they refused to work out throughout an entire month.
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16.North Dakota – 33.2% Obesity Rate
All the way back in 1985, none of America’s states suffered from an obesity rate that exceeded 15%. In 1991, this limit rose to more than 20%. Things worsened in North Dakota drastically, to the current height of its modern obesity rate of 33.2%. Only 29% of North Dakotans are members of the recommended BMI club. The state’s rural parts are home to North Dakota’s most obese population. 1 in 10 people in North Dakota suffers from diabetes, while high blood pressure affects 29.5% of the population.
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