According to an annual report released on June 29 by the advocacy group Trust for America’s Health, North Carolina is weighs in at 10th place for it’s amount of people who are obese or overweight. South Carolina was just under N.C. in the 9th place.
This year’s report revealed that twenty-nine percent of people in North Carolina are obese, which means that one has a body-mass index of 30 or more; 29.9 percent of South Carolinians are considered obese.
Embarrassing to us southerners, all but one of the 10 fattest states are in the South, with Michigan as the only exception. It tied with North Carolina for 10th place. Also of great concern is the fact that almost 19 percent of N.C. children and 15 percent of S.C. children are obese. Obesity rates have risen in 27 states, including North Carolina. It seems to be more common in poor people, blacks Hispanics and women.
At least 20 diseases are caused or aided by obesity. The two main diseases induced by obesity are diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
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