Obesity Rates In Some States Have Leveled Off Or Fallen, Report Finds.

“Obesity rates in some states and the District of Columbia have” leveled off or even fallen, according to “the annual ‘State of Obesity’ report released in September by the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.” The report found that “from 2011 to 2014, the percent of obese people in eight states increased by less than one percentage point,” and that “in five states — Florida, Michigan, Missouri, Vermont and Virginia — as well as the District of Columbia, the adult obesity rate dropped during the period.” http://www.cq.com/login?jumpto=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cq.com%2Fdoc%2F4766091