Obesity rates in Oklahoma and Texas are more than 30 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control.
At least 30 percent of adults in Oklahoma and Texas are obese, according to new figures released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Oklahoma and Texas are just two of 12 states the CDC said have high obesity rates. Alabama, Arkansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, South Carolina and West Virginia all have obesity rates of more than 30 percent in the new figures.
Texas recorded an obesity rate of 30.4 percent and Oklahoma stepped in at 31.1 percent.
The CDC findings were based on a telephone survey conducted in 2011. The survey asked adults their height and weight.
Only cell phones were included in the survey, for the first time.
As a whole, the CDC reported more than one-third of adults were obese.
The state with the lowest obesity rate was Colorado, under 21 percent. Mississippi had the highest obesity rate at almost 36 percent.
