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Southerners, Poor Have Highest Rates of Obesity


America is getting fatter, a new study suggests. In the last year, the percentage of obese adults increased in 16 states. No state saw a decrease, according to a joint report from Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Nine out of the 10 states with the highest rates of obesity and diabetes are in the South. Read

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