State Obesity Data

January 13, 2022 in News by RBN Staff

Ranked by Highest Obesity Rate: 10-17 yr-olds (2019-2020) 


Highest Obesity Rates Among 10-17 yr-olds (2019-2020)

Kentucky

10-17 yr-olds 23.8%
Adults 36.6%
High Schoolers 18.4%
WIC 2-4s 16.3%

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Mississippi

10-17 yr-olds 22.3%
Adults 39.7%
High Schoolers 23.4%
WIC 2-4s 14.8%

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Louisiana

10-17 yr-olds 22.2%
Adults 38.1%
High Schoolers 16.5%
WIC 2-4s 13.0%

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West Virginia

10-17 yr-olds 21.9%
Adults 39.1%
High Schoolers 22.9%
WIC 2-4s 16.5%

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Alabama

10-17 yr-olds 21.8%
Adults 39.0%
High Schoolers 17.2%
WIC 2-4s 16.2%

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Tennessee

10-17 yr-olds 20.8%
Adults 35.6%
High Schoolers 20.9%
WIC 2-4s 15.2%

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Arkansas

10-17 yr-olds 20.6%
Adults 36.4%
High Schoolers 22.1%
WIC 2-4s 13.1%

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Texas

10-17 yr-olds 20.3%
Adults 35.8%
High Schoolers 16.9%
WIC 2-4s 15.9%

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South Carolina

10-17 yr-olds 20.1%
Adults 36.2%
High Schoolers 16.6%
WIC 2-4s 12.7%

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North Carolina

10-17 yr-olds 19.8%
Adults 33.6%
High Schoolers 15.4%
WIC 2-4s 15.0%

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Missouri

10-17 yr-olds 19.6%
Adults 34.0%
High Schoolers 18.4%
WIC 2-4s 13.0%

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Delaware

10-17 yr-olds 18.9%
Adults 36.5%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 16.3%

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Oklahoma

10-17 yr-olds 18.7%
Adults 36.4%
High Schoolers 17.6%
WIC 2-4s 13.8%

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Georgia

10-17 yr-olds 18.0%
Adults 34.3%
High Schoolers 18.3%
WIC 2-4s 13.6%

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Alaska

10-17 yr-olds 17.8%
Adults 31.9%
High Schoolers 14.8%
WIC 2-4s 20.2%

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Illinois

10-17 yr-olds 17.4%
Adults 32.4%
High Schoolers 15.2%
WIC 2-4s 15.2%

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Ohio

10-17 yr-olds 17.2%
Adults 35.5%
High Schoolers 16.8%
WIC 2-4s 12.6%

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Iowa

10-17 yr-olds 16.9%
Adults 36.5%
High Schoolers 17.0%
WIC 2-4s 15.6%

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Maryland

10-17 yr-olds 16.7%
Adults 31.0%
High Schoolers 12.8%
WIC 2-4s 16.4%

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Rhode Island

10-17 yr-olds 16.7%
Adults 30.1%
High Schoolers 14.3%
WIC 2-4s 17.1%

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Nevada

10-17 yr-olds 16.0%
Adults 28.7%
High Schoolers 12.3%
WIC 2-4s 11.7%

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Florida

10-17 yr-olds 15.8%
Adults 28.4%
High Schoolers 14.0%
WIC 2-4s 13.3%

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Michigan

10-17 yr-olds 15.7%
Adults 35.2%
High Schoolers 15.3%
WIC 2-4s 13.7%

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Indiana

10-17 yr-olds 15.6%
Adults 36.8%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 13.5%

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Hawaii

10-17 yr-olds 15.5%
Adults 24.5%
High Schoolers 16.4%
WIC 2-4s 10.7%

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Connecticut

10-17 yr-olds 15.3%
Adults 29.2%
High Schoolers 14.4%
WIC 2-4s 14.5%

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New Mexico

10-17 yr-olds 15.3%
Adults 30.9%
High Schoolers 15.2%
WIC 2-4s 13.0%

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California

10-17 yr-olds 15.2%
Adults 30.3%
High Schoolers 15.9%
WIC 2-4s 15.8%

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South Dakota

10-17 yr-olds 15.2%
Adults 33.2%
High Schoolers 14.1%
WIC 2-4s 16.0%

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Pennsylvania

10-17 yr-olds 15.1%
Adults 31.5%
High Schoolers 15.4%
WIC 2-4s 12.8%

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Virginia

10-17 yr-olds 14.9%
Adults 32.2%
High Schoolers 14.8%
WIC 2-4s 15.8%

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Wisconsin

10-17 yr-olds 14.6%
Adults 32.3%
High Schoolers 14.5%
WIC 2-4s 14.4%

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District of Columbia

10-17 yr-olds 14.2%
Adults 24.3%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 12.8%

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Vermont

10-17 yr-olds 14.0%
Adults 26.3%
High Schoolers 13.1%
WIC 2-4s 12.9%

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New Jersey

10-17 yr-olds 13.8%
Adults 27.7%
High Schoolers 11.9%
WIC 2-4s 14.9%

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Maine

10-17 yr-olds 13.7%
Adults 31.0%
High Schoolers 14.9%
WIC 2-4s 14.6%

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Oregon

10-17 yr-olds 13.7%
Adults 28.1%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 14.6%

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New Hampshire

10-17 yr-olds 13.5%
Adults 29.9%
High Schoolers 12.7%
WIC 2-4s 17.2%

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Idaho

10-17 yr-olds 13.3%
Adults 31.1%
High Schoolers 12.1%
WIC 2-4s 12.0%

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Washington

10-17 yr-olds 13.2%
Adults 28.0%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 13.8%

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Nebraska

10-17 yr-olds 12.6%
Adults 34.0%
High Schoolers 13.3%
WIC 2-4s 14.7%

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Massachusetts

10-17 yr-olds 12.2%
Adults 24.4%
High Schoolers 14.2%
WIC 2-4s 16.3%

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Kansas

10-17 yr-olds 11.7%
Adults 35.3%
High Schoolers 15.1%
WIC 2-4s 13.7%

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Minnesota

10-17 yr-olds 11.7%
Adults 30.7%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 12.5%

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New York

10-17 yr-olds 11.5%
Adults 26.3%
High Schoolers 13.4%
WIC 2-4s 14.0%

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Colorado

10-17 yr-olds 11.2%
Adults 24.2%
High Schoolers 10.3%
WIC 2-4s 8.6%

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Wyoming

10-17 yr-olds 11.0%
Adults 30.7%
High Schoolers n/a
WIC 2-4s 10.6%

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North Dakota

10-17 yr-olds 10.5%
Adults 33.1%
High Schoolers 14.0%
WIC 2-4s 15.4%

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Utah

10-17 yr-olds 10.3%
Adults 28.6%
High Schoolers 9.8%
WIC 2-4s 8.5%

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Arizona

10-17 yr-olds 10.2%
Adults 30.9%
High Schoolers 13.3%
WIC 2-4s 12.5%

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Montana

10-17 yr-olds 10.0%
Adults 28.5%
High Schoolers 11.5%
WIC 2-4s 11.9%

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