Obesity

National Obesity Rankings

Image from Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index®

America has a diverse population and no more so than that with the divergence in obesity rates. Where does your state wiegh in with this list of national obesity ratings?

See the complete list of all 50 states here.

Community Obesity Rankings

ABOVE: Do you recognize #13 on the list?

Data collected from respondents’ in the 100 most populous U.S. metropolitan areas garnered some interesting results. Are you living in a community that made the list?

See 100 American communities ranked by obesity here.

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Methodology

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® includes more than 2.1 million surveys and captures how people feel about and experience their daily lives. Levels of well-being correlate with healthcare (utilization and cost) and productivity measures (absenteeism, presenteeism and job performance), all critical to organizational and economic competitiveness.

Purpose: Liking what you do each day and being motivated to achieve your goals.

Social: Having supportive relationships and love in your life.

Financial: Managing your economic life to reduce stress and increase security.

Community: Liking where you live, feeling safe and having pride in your community.

Physical: Having good health and enough energy to get things done daily.

These data are based on 176,702 interviews with U.S. adults across all 50 states, conducted from January 2 to December 30, 2014. Gallup conducts 500 telephone interviews a day with American adults, for a resulting sample that projects to an estimated 95 percent of all U.S. adults. The Well-Being Index is calculated on a scale of 0 to 100, where zero represents the lowest possible well-being and 100 represents the highest possible well-being. Visit wbi.healthways.com to learn more.