Container Top
Homes   Jobs   Cars   Shopping
Search

Events Calendar

EVENT SEARCH:

In This Section


Most Read Stories


Blogs:


Pets:
Officials: NYer Had 20 Dead Dogs Buried in Yard

The Heldenfiles:
Monday Notebook

Patrick McManamon:
Time for Kokinis, Browns to agree and part ways

Akron Zips:
Zips tip off tomorrow

Tribe Matters:
Indians announce spring dates

Cleveland Browns:
Mangini doesn't name a quarterback

Kent State Sports:
KSU Notes – November 9

Cleveland Cavaliers:
Shaq: It’s All About Winning Championships

Buckeye Blogging:
Weekly ‘B’ Deck Report – New Mexico St.

Varsity Letters:
Louisville’s Bobby Swigert headed to Boston College

All Da King's Men:
If It Looks Like Islamic Terrorism…

Blog of Mass Destruction:
Dems Message To Women: Don't Enjoy The Sex

Akron Law Café:
Abortion Analogies

See Jane Style:
Muffle Your Muffler

Car Chase:
Clock Tender- Extending the Life of Collector Car Clocks

Let's Talk Real Estate:
Rumors: Akron Starbucks Closing

Ohio Travels with Betty:
Jack is looking for a trip to Southern Ohio the week of November 16.

Sound Check:
The Black Keys to perform benefit concert at Musica on November 27

HRLite House:
Personal Rant – Why People Do Not Live in Northeast Ohio

Akron Gamer:
New 'Call of Duty' could set entertainment record

More Americans getting very fat

Ohio's 28.1 percent obesity rate ranks 17th in nation, CDC reports

By Federica Narancio
McClatchy Newspapers

WASHINGTON: More than a quarter of Americans self-report that they're obese, and in three states — Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee — more than 30 percent do, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

Colorado had the lowest reported obesity rate: 19.3 percent. Ohio recorded the 17th highest obesity rate among the states, at 28.1 percent.

 

The 2007 national average of 25.6 percent compares with a 23.9 percent obesity rate in 2005, the CDC said. Actual obesity is likely to be greater, because the figures are based on self-estimated height and weight from telephone health surveys of 350,000 people.

Obesity is defined as a body mass index of 30 or above. It's calculated using height and weight. A 5-foot-9-inch adult who weighs 203 pounds, for example, would have a BMI of 30.

The South reported the highest obesity rate: 27 percent. In part, experts blame Southern eating habits, poverty and demographic groups that have higher obesity rates.

 

The 2007 findings are similar to results from the same survey the three previous years. Mississippi has had the highest obesity rate every year since 2004. But Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia and Louisiana have also clustered near the top of the list, often so close that the difference between their rates and Mississippi's may not be statistically significant.

The South has had high death rates from heart disease and stroke, health risks that have been linked to obesity, some experts noted.

In the Midwest, the obesity rate was 25.3 percent, compared with 23.3 percent in the Northeast and 22.1 percent in the West.

 

Men and women in their 20s were the leanest, according to the CDC. Those in their 50s were most likely to be obese.

Dr. William Dietz, the director of the CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity, offered this advice: ''Eat more fruits and vegetables, engage in more physical activity and reduce the consumption of high-calorie foods and sugar-sweetened beverages.''

The CDC study only surveyed adults, but results for children are similar, said Dr. Miriam Vos, assistant professor of pediatrics at Atlanta's Emory School of Medicine.


The Associated Press contributed to this report.

 

WASHINGTON: More than a quarter of Americans self-report that they're obese, and in three states — Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee — more than 30 percent do, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

Get the full article here.


Story tools

Email  Email   Print  Print   Save  Save   Reprint  Reprint   Popular  Most Popular   Reprint  Subscribe

Share this story

AddThis Social Bookmark Button
















Most Commented Stories