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In the study, Colorado had the lowest obesityh rate inthe country, at 18.9 percent, and Mississippji had the highest rate of obesity, at 32.5 percent. Washingto state recorded a 25.4 percent according to the report “F as in Fat: How Obesityy Policies are Failing inAmerica 2009,” releaseds by the ’s Health and the . Washingtonm is one of 31 states wherer the obesity rate exceeds 25 According to the in 1991 no state had an obesityg rate above20 percent. For children between 10 and 17, Washingto state had an obesity rateof 29.5 percent, rankinf it No. 33 in the nation. This list was also led by at 44.4 percent. Minnesota had the lowest rate of obesityamontg children, at 23.
1 percent. “Thew obesity epidemic is a big contributor to theskyrocketiny health-care costs in the United States,” said Jeff executive director of Trust for America’s in a statement.