{"id":43818,"date":"2015-09-23T12:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-09-23T16:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/?p=43818"},"modified":"2016-07-14T16:06:22","modified_gmt":"2016-07-14T20:06:22","slug":"news-obesity-map-cdc-092315","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/health\/news-obesity-map-cdc-092315\/","title":{"rendered":"The Obesity Map You Need to See: How Does Your State Do?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Behavorial Risk Factor Surveillance System, CDC<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

We\u2019ve got good news and bad news. While obesity rates aren\u2019t rising (that\u2019s the good news), they\u2019re still holding steady<\/a> throughout the country. Nothing illustrates this more than the map above, recently released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC<\/a>).<\/p>\n

See all those colors? That indicates that in 2014, not a single <\/em>state had an obesity rate of less than 20 percent. In fact, 19 states had a population with a 30\u201335 percent prevalence of obesity (that\u2019s all the orange you see). Plus, the three states highlighted in red (Arkansas, Mississippi, West Virginia) had obesity rates of 35 percent or greater. According to CNN<\/a>, two of those states, Mississippi and Virginia, were the first states to ever report more than 35 percent of the population as obese, back in 2013 \u2014\u00a0and now they have some company.<\/p>\n

RELATED: <\/strong>Are You Exceeding Your Daily Sugar Intake in Just One Meal?<\/a><\/p>\n

Overall, the Midwest has the greatest prevalence of obesity, with the South coming in a close second. Even more concerning: These statistics were gathered using self-reported data (participants gave their height and weight over the phone). And if you\u2019ve ever fibbed about your weight<\/a> (who hasn\u2019t), you know that means these results might be low-balling the actual <\/em>obesity rates throughout the country.<\/p>\n

Why U.S. Obesity Rates Are So\u00a0Scary<\/h3>\n

So why should you care? Obesity can lead to conditions such as heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes. Plus, it\u2019s pretty darn expensive, too. The estimated yearly medical cost of obesity in the U.S. was $147 billion<\/a> in 2008, according to the CDC.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re feeling inspired to clean up your eating habits, check out these resources that will make it easy to skip the processed fare<\/a> in favor of fresh produce and lean protein.<\/p>\n

The Beginner\u2019s Guide to Clean Eating<\/a><\/p>\n

6 Easy Tips for Clean Eating on a Small Budget<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dirty Dozen: What to Buy Organic [Infographic]<\/a><\/p>\n

5 Ways to Eat Healthy When Your Family Doesn\u2019t<\/a><\/p>\n

How to Eat Healthy for Less Than $4 a Day<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We all know obesity is a problem in the U.S., but this map from the CDC will really blow your mind. Find out which states are struggling the most. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":43826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,7,18],"tags":[41,251,345,389,285],"class_list":["post-43818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diet-nutrition","category-health","category-weight-loss","tag-diets","tag-news","tag-tax1conditions","tag-tax2obesity","tag-weight-loss"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43818\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyburn.com\/life\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}