America is so out of shape, it’s putting U.S. army soldiers in danger

January 11, 2018
by JOHN HALTIWANGER
Newsweek

The South has some of the highest obesity rates in the country. Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama all have adult obesity rates about 35 percent, placing them among the top 5 most obese states in the U.S. (West Virginia has the highest rate of adult obesity, at 37.7 percent), according to the State of Obesity, an annual report from non-profit Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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