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CDC's New Moving Graph of Obesity in US
lots of overlap here with Sleep Apnea, to be sure (scroll down the page to see everything): http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/trends.html#State
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Permalink Reply by Banyon on
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The report, in part, says, "Wide sections of the Southeast, Appalachia, and some tribal lands in the West and Northern Plains have the nation's highest rates of obesity and diabetes. In many counties in those regions, rates of diagnosed diabetes exceed 10 percent and obesity prevalence is more than 30 percent.
Eighty-one percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia have high rates of diabetes and obesity. So do three-quarters of counties in the southern region that includes Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. "
I am sure you will find these counties near the bottom of the list in economic development and at the top of the list in government welfare programs. Strong economic development is a key to individuals improving their health.
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Permalink Reply by D. W. Conn on
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Looks as if we could call my area southeastern US the lard bowl of the country. The include some of the hardest hit economic individuals. I know we here in Northern Texas have a high comfort food rate and diabetes is on the up swing. Sleep apnea is prevalent.
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