Hawaii Has Nation’s 2nd-lowest Adult Obesity Rate — For Now

Bloomberg Businessweek reports:

Hawaii’s 2011 adult obesity rate is the second-lowest in the nation, but that could change dramatically for the worse in 20 years, according to a report released Tuesday by two public health groups.

Hawaii ranked 50th with a 2011 obesity rate of 21.8 percent, according to the report titled, “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2012,” by Trust for America’s Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The state with the lowest rate was Colorado at 20.7 percent.

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