Wed, Jul 1st, 2009
WASHINGTON – Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.
It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year and didn't decline anywhere, says a new report from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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Jun 29th, 2009 - ChicagoTribune.com
One in three Illinois children is overweight or obese, according to a new report that puts the state on an unenviable Top 10 list. Illinois ranks 10th in the country for percentage of children ages 10-17 who are too heavy...
Mississippi tops US obesity rankings
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(CNN) -- Mississippi has kept its U.S. heavyweight title for a fifth straight year, among both adults and children. The percentage of adults classified as obese went up in 23 states...
Report: Ohio ranks 10th for obesity
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Ohio has the 10th highest rate of adult obesity in the country, tied with Arkansas, according to a recent report by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation . The report...
Ten States Race to Finish Budgets
Jun 29th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
Ten states were scrambling Monday to pass budgets before a Tuesday deadline, with a handful -- including Arizona, Indiana and Mississippi -- facing the possibility of partial shutdowns if their legislatures don't act in time.
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