Georgia’s obesity rate for adults is about average among states, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports. But it’s still a startlingly high figure.
Almost one in three residents in the state is obese. The overall 31.6 percent rate for 2017 in Georgia is slightly higher than the 30.5 percentage in 2014. It’s a rate that has climbed steadily, both here and nationally.
And African-Americans in Georgia have an even higher rate of obesity, a situation that also prevails at the national level.
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