Obesity

One of today’s headlines is “Hoosier obesity rate flat at 27.4%.” The article cites a RWJF/Trust for America’s Health report, which included this map and an interesting interactive map. The original data are from the CDC National Center for Health Statistics.

Sources:

• The Journal Gazette: Hoosier obesity rate flat at 27.4%
• Trust for America’s Health: F as in Fat 2009
• RWJF: F as in Fat 2009
• CDC: Overweight Prevalence