CDC releases first county-by-county obesity study
Last Update: 11/20/2009 12:39 pm
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Atlanta (WSYR-TV/AP)- The CDC released its first study to give county-specific data about obesity across the country Friday. The national rate of obesity is around 26 percent.
High rates of obesity and diabetes were reported in more than 80 percent of counties in the Appalachian region that includes Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, according to the new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The same problem was seen in about 75 percent of counties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Georgia and South Carolina.
The five counties with the highest rates were Greene and Dallas counties in Alabama and Holmes, Humphreys and Jefferson counties in Mississippi. All are small, rural counties in the west central areas of each state, and each reported obesity rates of around 44 or 43 percent.
Counties with the lowest rates of both obesity and diabetes were out west - Boulder County, Colo., Santa Fe County, N.M., and Summit County, Utah.
Here’s how Central New York stacked up:
Cayuga County: Just over 25% of adults are obese
Cortland County: Just over 24% are obese
Madison County: 26% of residents are obese
Oneida County: Just below 25%
Onondaga County: More than 27%
Oswego County: The report says that 27.7% of county residents are obese. This represents the highest in the region
Tompkins County: Just over 25%
These numbers only apply to adults who are older than 20 years old. These figures are the newest, but are from 2007.
To see the full report go here.
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