Kansas Obesity Rates Top 35%

Eating healthy is one of many steps that can help to stop an upward trend of obesity.
Eating healthy is one of many steps that can help to stop an upward trend of obesity.

CDC report signals need to stem the trend

MANHATTAN, Kan. – The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released obesity statistics for 49 states and two territories, citing Kansas among a dozen states at the top of the list.

That, however, is not where a state wants to be.

The annual report lists Kansas among 12 states that have topped 35% in the prevalence of obesity in its populat…