America is fat.. morbidly obese in many cases. With a fast food store never far away and junk food companies allowed to aggressively advertise their poison whenever and wherever they want, I’m  surprised America isn’t fatter than it already is. In years to come we’ll look back and wonder how we let these evil companies advertise like they do, just as we now view the now banned cigarette advertising. (McDonald’s fast food restaurants and Coca-Cola fizzy sugar liquids being major worldwide sponsors of the recent London Olympic games just blows my mind!)

What is Obesity?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention obesity kicks in when your body mass index or BMI is greater than 30. As an example if you are 5’4” or 1.63 meters tall and weigh more than 174 pounds 79 kilograms you are obese. If you are 5’9” or 1.75 meters tall and weigh more than 203 pounds or  92 kilograms you are obese.

In a CDC study it was found that non Hispanic black people tended to have the highest rates of obesity with 49.5% being obese, Mexican Americans with 40.4% obesity, Hispanics 39.1% obesity and non Hispanic white people being 34.3% obese.

Top Ten Fattest American States
Mississippi 34.9% obese
Louisiana 33.4% obese
West Virginia 32.4% obese
Alabama 32.0% obese
Michigan 31.3% obese
Oklahoma 31.1% obese
Arkansas 30.9% obese
Indiana 30.8% obese
South Carolina 30.8% obese
Kentucky 30.4% obese
Texas 30.4% obese

I listed eleven states as Kentucky and Texas were equal, so technically it’s the top 11 fattest states

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