In its annual account of the nation's obesity epidemic, the nonprofit Trust for America's Health found obesity increased in 16 states, and did not go down in any.
The "F as in Fat" report uses data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is produced in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Mississippi was named the most-obese state with a rate of 34.4 percent and Colorado was named least obese with a rate of 19.8 percent.
The report this year looked at trends over time and found that in 15 years, 17 states doubled or nearly doubled their obesity rates.
Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation make several recommendations in the report, including:
- Full funding of the CDC's Public Health and Prevention Fund.
- Implementation of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act.
- Implementation of the National Physical Activity Plan.
- Restoration of $833 million in federal cuts to programs that improve childhood nutrition.
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