Obesity statistics for Tennessee

07/07/11 By The Associated Press Here are some statistics about Tennessee from the annual obesity report by the Trust for America's Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, which measured obesity rates and...

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Texas ranks 12th in nation in obesity

07/07/11  A new report says Texas is the 12th most obese state in the nation. About 30 percent of the state's adults are obese. That's according to a report released Thursday by the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Childhood Obesity Impacts More Than One-Third Of U.S. Children

07/12/11 Childhood obesity continues to grow into an epidemic in the United States. More than one-third of U.S. children between ages 10-17 are considered obese (16.4 percent) or overweight (18.2 percent), says a report released last week from the Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. According to former Surgeon General David Satcher in a report from Education Week, that ...

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