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BAMAPHIN 22
07-02-2009, 04:34 PM
Mississippi’s still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: Obese baby boomers.

It’s time for the nation’s annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there’s little good news. In 31 states, more than one in four adults are obese, says a new report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

And obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states over the past year, and no state experienced a significant decline.


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CedarPhin
07-02-2009, 10:03 PM
With today's kids...it's only going to get worse.

Bumpus
07-03-2009, 09:31 AM
:lol:
We're #3!
We're #3!
We're #3!

I'm doing my part (burp)