WalletHub releases state rankings for most overweight, obese

News Staff
November 15, 2021
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Last Updated 3 years ago

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota is the 33rd least obese state in the nation. Neighboring states of Montana, Wyoming and Nebraska fared somewhat better, while North Dakota ranks the 30th least obese state.

That’s according to a new study by Wallethub.

They looked at factors like the prevalence of obesity and being overweight, health consequences, and food and fitness.

Note: *1=Most Overweight

Most Overweight & Obese States in the U.S.

Overall Rank*	State	Total Score	Obesity & Overweight Prevalence	Health Consequences	Food & Fitness
1	West Virginia	73.78	2	3	9
2	Mississippi	71.77	1	9	1
3	Arkansas	69.53	3	11	4
4	Kentucky	69.05	4	6	5
5	Alabama	68.31	6	13	3
6	Tennessee	67.70	5	12	11
7	Delaware	65.19	13	4	29
8	Louisiana	64.78	8	17	8
9	South Carolina	64.73	10	10	2
10	Oklahoma	64.41	7	29	14
11	Texas	62.55	9	28	12
12	Ohio	61.68	15	21	16
13	Georgia	61.60	14	34	7
14	Missouri	61.30	11	33	17
15	Kansas	60.76	19	5	36
16	Iowa	60.56	16	23	27
17	North Carolina	60.30	18	15	18
18	Michigan	59.99	17	26	20
19	Indiana	59.82	12	31	15
20	Maryland	59.37	21	18	25
21	Rhode Island	58.68	24	14	32
22	Maine	58.56	35	1	47
23	New Hampshire	58.10	37	2	40
24	Illinois	57.49	20	42	13
25	Virginia	56.88	28	30	6
26	New Mexico	56.48	23	38	34
27	Pennsylvania	56.33	26	25	19
28	Oregon	56.18	27	19	24
29	Wisconsin	54.98	31	32	22
30	North Dakota	54.85	29	24	43
31	Alaska	54.82	22	44	44
32	Florida	54.55	32	41	10
33	South Dakota	53.77	25	43	49
34	Nebraska	53.51	30	35	50
35	Wyoming	53.16	41	8	46
36	New Jersey	53.15	40	20	45
37	Idaho	53.12	42	16	42
38	Nevada	53.08	39	27	28
39	Connecticut	52.27	36	36	39
40	Washington	52.13	34	37	37
41	Montana	51.94	46	7	31
42	California	50.65	33	49	23
43	Arizona	50.45	38	45	26
44	New York	50.23	44	39	30
45	Vermont	50.05	45	22	48
46	Minnesota	47.41	47	40	35
47	Hawaii	46.10	43	51	41
48	Massachusetts	44.17	48	48	51
49	Colorado	44.06	51	47	21
50	Utah	43.43	49	50	33
51	District of Columbia	43.34	50	46	38

Note: *1=Most Overweight
With the exception of “Total Score,” all of the columns in the table above depict the relative rank of that state, where a rank of 1 represents the worst conditions for that metric category.

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