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State Obesity Ranking


CNN reports that heavy kids miss more school. A new study observing more than 1,000 4th, 5th, and 6th graders from the Philadelphia school system found 4 main predictors for missing school including
  • RACE
  • AGE
  • SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
  • GENDER

Southerners, poor have highest rates of obesity!


1 Mississippi (34.4%) 
2. Alabama (32.3%)
3. West Virginia (32.2%)
4. Tennessee (31.9%)
5. Louisiana (31.6%)
6. Kentucky (31.5%)
7. Oklahoma (31.4%)
8. South Carolina (30.9%)
9. Arkansas (30.6%)
10. Michigan (30.5%)
11. Missouri (30.3%)
12. Texas (30.1%)
13. Ohio (29.6%)
14. North Carolina (29.4%)
15. Indiana (29.1%)
16. Kansas (29%);
17. (tie) Georgia (28.7%); and South Dakota (28.7%)
19. Pennsylvania (28.5%)
20. Iowa (28.1%)
21. (tie) Delaware (28%); and North Dakota (28%)
23. Illinois (27.7%)
24. Nebraska (27.6%)
25. Wisconsin (27.4%)
26. Maryland (27.1%)
27. Maine (26.5%)
28. Washington (26.4%)
29. Florida (26.1%)
30. (tie) Alaska (25.9%); and Virginia (25.9%)
32. Idaho (25.7%)
33. (tie) New Hampshire (25.6%); and New Mexico (25.6%)
35. (tie) Arizona (25.4%); Oregon (25.4%) and Wyoming (25.4%)
38. Minnesota (25.3%)
39. Nevada (25.0%)
40. California (24.8%)
41. New York (24.7%)
42. Rhode Island (24.3%)
43. New Jersey (24.1%)
44. Montana (23.8%)
45. Vermont (23.5%)
46. Utah (23.4%)
47. Hawaii (23.1%)
48. Massachusetts (22.3%);
49. Connecticut (21.8%)
50. District of Columbia (21.7%)
51. Colorado (19.8%).

Source: Trust for America's Health; Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Rankings are based on combining three years of data (2007-2009) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

The CDC predicts 1 out of 3 children, born after the year 2000, will end up getting diabetes in their lifetime.  There is a world wide epidemic going on.  Regular exercise combined with a healthy diet are the major weapons to fight diabetes.
How can we help?

The martial arts offers a great way to lose weight, develop both upper and lower body strength, as well as building a strong core.

You are welcome to participate in one of our classes anytime for FREE, without any obligation!

Sensei Chris Feldt
Samurai Karate Studio
Columbia, SC 29229
803-462-9425
samuraikaratestudio@gmail.com

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