What is the most obese state?

Updated August 31, 2017: According to the most recent data, adult obesity rates now exceed 35 percent in five states, 30 percent in 25 states, and 25 percent in 46 states. West Virginia has the highest adult obesity rate at 37.7 percent and Colorado has the lowest at 22.3 percent. read more

Nine of the ten most obese states in the country were in the south, and South Carolina has one of the highest obesity rates for children ages 10-17: 21.5%, second amongst all states. read more

Twenty-two states now have obesity rates that top 30 percent, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. And while much of the country is holding steady, obesity rates are growing in five states: Ohio, Minnesota, Kansas, New Mexico and Utah. read more

10. South Carolina (32.1% obese) Nine of the ten most obese states in the country were in the south, and South Carolina has one of the highest obesity rates for children ages 10-17: 21.5%, second amongst all states. read more

And four other top contenders — West Virginia, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Kentucky — have been among the 10 states with the highest obesity rates each year since Gallup and Healthways began tracking obesity in 2008. read more