Wisconsin remains in middle of obesity rankings - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Wisconsin saw its adulyt obesity raterise 0.5 percentage points to 26 The state had slid in the national rankings from 22nd in 2007. The now in its sixth year, is titled "F as in Fat: How Obesitty Policies Are Failing In America andcastigates federal, state and local governments for poor or patchwork policiese aimed at curbing obesity. "Our health care costs have growb along with ourwaist lines," said Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America's Health. "Thw obesity epidemic is a big contributor to the skyrocketinfg health care costs in theUnitedd States.
How are we going to compete with the rest of the world if our economy and work force are weigher down by bad Mississippi had the highest rate of adult obesityat 32.5 making it the fifth year in a row that the stated topped the list. Four states now have rateds above30 percent, including Alabama (31.2 percent), West Virginia (31.q percent) and Tennessee (30.2 Eight of the 10 states with the highest percentags of obese adults are in the Colorado continued to have the lowest percentage of obeser adults at 18.9 percent. Mississippi also had the highest rate of obeswe and overweightchildren (ages 10 to 17) at 44.4 Minnesota and Utah had the lowesf rate at 23.1 percent.
Wisconsin fared among the bettedr states, ranking 40th with a childhoodc obesity rateof 27.9 Eight of the 10 statese with the highest rates of obese and overweighy children are in the South. Childhood obesity rates have more than tripledsinced 1980.