The adult obesity rate in Arkansas is 34.5 percent, giving the state the sixth-highest rate in the United States, according to “The State of Obesity: Better Policies for a Healthier America,” a report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
The report, released in September, said that 21.9 percent of adults in Arkansas were obese in 2000, and 17 percent in 1995.
Adult obesity rates exceed 35 percent in four states, 30 percent in 25 states and are above 20 percent in all states, the report says.
Louisiana’s rate is the highest: 36.2 percent. Colorado’s is the lowest at 20.2 percent.
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