Are you living in one of the fattest states in America? I know my state of TN ranks in at number 6 and my home state of Michigan ranks in at a number 10, so while neither are the worst, they are both high up on that list. And according to statistics, nearly 1 in 3 people around me are obese! This is shocking especially since this number does not include overweight individuals. So can you image the numbers if that group were included as well?!
And even more shocking, is the fact that not a single state reversed their numbers from the last time this was measured. So every state either got fatter or stayed the same. So there is an obvious trend here that we need to pay attention to.
Well that strikes me as my passion is to help individuals, especially women, here in Knoxville to lose that weight and look better and feel better about themselves.
So follow this link from The Calorie Lab to see where your state falls. And I challenge you to find ways to get reverse this growing trend of obesity, whether it’s starting with yourself or encouraging someone else.
I think it is not only crazy that Michigan is up so high on the list but that not a single one of the states got better since the last time they figured it out! Also – 1 in 3 for obese – I really do wonder what the statistic is for obese and overweight then!