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Which states are the most obese?
CDC releases new obesity map, showing which parts of the country are most overweight.
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As interesting as this is, it's hard to give any credit to it since it uses the BMI system. I wish we could find a more accurate system to use that actually measured fat-weight vs muscle-weight.
Typically if someone is above the recommended BMI they are fat
You don't need a special test or equipment to tell either. Just look at them.
Very few people I know who are "BMI Obese" are even relatively overweight. At worst they've got a bit of fluff. When you only calculate height vs weight, the amount of muscle you have is points against you so you can be a perfectly healthy person and the BMI chart will tell you you're Obese for having muscle.
Texas isn't the fattest state?! It looks like Colorado is an oasis being suffocated in all other directions - but even the green places show that not one state has fewer than one in four fat ppl