Americans have been adding significantly to their waistlines over the past year, with obesity rates rising in almost half of the 50 states, and falling in none, an annual survey released Wednesday shows. The problem continues to be worst in the South, while the western third of the country and a few New England states have the slowest rates of growth, the report by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found - Star PhoenixThursday, July 2, 2009
U.S. obesity rates balloon: survey
Americans have been adding significantly to their waistlines over the past year, with obesity rates rising in almost half of the 50 states, and falling in none, an annual survey released Wednesday shows. The problem continues to be worst in the South, while the western third of the country and a few New England states have the slowest rates of growth, the report by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found - Star Phoenix
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