Current Events > CDC: more people in Arkansas are fucking obese than anywhere else in country

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https://www.kark.com/news/local-news/arkansas-obesity-rate-third-highest-in-the-country-and-getting-worse/

According to the CDC, more people in Arkansas are overweight or obese than just about anywhere else in the country, and the COVID-19 pandemic is certainly not helping.

Experts say its a persistent problem with no easy solutions, but something the state needs to tackle, for ourselves and especially, for our kids.

Third only to Mississippi and West Virginia, 71 percent of adults in Arkansas are overweight or obese.

Unfortunately, theres not an easy answer for it, said Lauren Morris with the Arkansas Community Foundation.

Morris says the problem has a lot to do with where we live and work. People make decisions based on their environment and their community, she said.

Obesity and being overweight is closely linked to heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, a trend also affecting even the littlest Arkansans.

No child should ever have to deal with chronic illnesses that go along with that, Morris said. Those are burdens that a child will have to carry with them for the rest of their life and into adulthood if we dont do something about it.

Guess where Boogie2988 lives...

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I've spent a decent amount of time down around the Missouri/Arkansas border. This is unsurprising to me.

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Ah, but you get called a fatphobe by some for just mentioning health issues

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