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Overweight and obesity in the United States by leading states 2016

Leading U.S. states based on percentage of adults who were overweight or obese in 2016

The data displays the leading U.S. states based on the percentage of adults who were overweight or obese in 2016. In that year, Mississippi was the state with the highest percentage of overweight or obese adults in the U.S. More than seven out of ten adults in Mississippi were reported to be overweight or obese.

Mississippi	71.3
West Virginia	70.9
Alabama	69.5
Louisiana	69.2
Kentucky	69.1
Oklahoma	68.8
Iowa	68.7
Tennessee	68.6
Nebraska	68.5
Texas	68.4

Overweight and obesity in the United States by leading states 2016

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