With November being National Diabetes Awareness Month and obesity leading to nearly $200 billion in U.S. health care costs each year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2020's Most Overweight & Obese States in America, as well as accompanying videos, along with interesting stats about diabetes in its Facts & Statistics infographic.
To determine which states contribute the most to America’s overweight and obesity problem, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key metrics. They range from share of overweight and obese population to sugary-beverage consumption among adolescents to obesity-related health care costs.
Here are some highlights from each report:| 20 Most Overweight & Obese States | |
| 1. West Virginia | 11. Iowa |
| 2. Mississippi | 12. Indiana |
| 3. Arkansas | 13. Delaware |
| 4. Kentucky | 14. Ohio |
| 5. Tennessee | 15. Texas |
| 6. South Carolina | 16. Maine |
| 7. Louisiana | 17. Georgia |
| 8. Alabama | 18. Virginia |
| 9. Oklahoma | 19. Kansas |
| 10. Missouri | 20. North Dakota |
