Special Report
The Most Obese City in Every State
September 18, 2019 7:00 pm
Last Updated: February 17, 2020 1:01 pm
Kansas: Topeka
> Obesity rate: 35.7 (city) 33.2% (state)
> Adults who do not exercise: 24.3% (city) 23.5% (state)
> Population with access to exercise venues: 82.2% (city) 80.4% (state)
> Adults with diabetes: 11.2% (city) 9.8% (state)
> Adults who report fair or poor health: 14.4% (city) 15.0% (state)
> Poverty rate: 10.9% (city) 11.9% (state)
Kentucky: Elizabethtown-Fort Knox
> Obesity rate: 35.8 (city) 34.2% (state)
> Adults who do not exercise: 27.2% (city) 27.4% (state)
> Population with access to exercise venues: 53.9% (city) 71.0% (state)
> Adults with diabetes: 12.8% (city) 13.1% (state)
> Adults who report fair or poor health: 19.5% (city) 21.3% (state)
> Poverty rate: 12.2% (city) 17.2% (state)
Louisiana: Houma-Thibodaux
> Obesity rate: 40.4 (city) 35.3% (state)
> Adults who do not exercise: 30.9% (city) 28.5% (state)
> Population with access to exercise venues: 70.4% (city) 74.7% (state)
> Adults with diabetes: 11.9% (city) 12.1% (state)
> Adults who report fair or poor health: 19.6% (city) 21.1% (state)
> Poverty rate: 18.0% (city) 19.7% (state)
Maine: Lewiston-Auburn
> Obesity rate: 33.4 (city) 29.4% (state)
> Adults who do not exercise: 22.4% (city) 20.2% (state)
> Population with access to exercise venues: 85.0% (city) 70.0% (state)
> Adults with diabetes: 11.2% (city) 10.0% (state)
> Adults who report fair or poor health: 14.4% (city) 15.4% (state)
> Poverty rate: 11.7% (city) 11.1% (state)
Maryland: Cumberland, MD-WV
> Obesity rate: 37.1 (city) 30.3% (state)
> Adults who do not exercise: 26.6% (city) 21.0% (state)
> Population with access to exercise venues: 76.6% (city) 92.4% (state)
> Adults with diabetes: 14.7% (city) 10.8% (state)
> Adults who report fair or poor health: 18.8% (city) 13.9% (state)
> Poverty rate: 14.3% (city) 9.3% (state)
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