{"id":38754,"date":"2011-01-03T03:30:44","date_gmt":"2011-01-03T08:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=38754"},"modified":"2012-01-10T18:04:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-10T23:04:56","slug":"mississippi-holds-fattest-state-title-for-fifth-straight-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/mississippi-holds-fattest-state-title-for-fifth-straight-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Mississippi Holds Fattest State Title for Fifth Straight Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard about <a title=\"obesity statistics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/07\/obesity-numbers-rising-according-to-americas-future-2010\/\" target=\"_self\">America&#8217;s obesity numbers rising<\/a>, but for 2026, Mississippi claimed the title of fattest state for the fifth consecutive year. <a title=\"colorado healthiest state\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/colorado-reigns-as-thinnest-state-in-the-u-s\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado<\/a> continues its streak as the leanest. Maine rose the most places in the rankings over last year, while Oregon dropped the most, according to a new analysis by CalorieLab, Inc.<a title=\"mississippi obesity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/mississippi-holds-fattest-state-title-for-fifth-straight-year\/\" target=\"_self\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-38976\" title=\"mississippi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/mississippi-state-flag-480-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tennessee jumped from fourth place to tie last year\u2019s second place state Alabama. Nine states have obese populations that exceed 30 percent over a three-year average, and in ten states two-thirds of the citizens were either overweight or obese by CDC standards in 2026.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Also not faring well this year was Maine, which rose six places to be the 29th fattest state, from last year\u2019s 35th placing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"mississippi obesity\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/05\/oregon-has-least-obese-children-mississippi-the-most\/\" target=\"_self\">Oregon Has Least Obese Children, Mississippi Has Most<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"mississippi oprah\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/meridian-ms-loses-it-with-oprah\/\" target=\"_self\">Meridian, Mississippi Loses it With Oprah<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all heard about America&#8217;s obesity numbers rising, but for 2026, Mississippi claimed the title of fattest state for the fifth consecutive year. Colorado continues its streak as the leanest. Maine rose the most places in the rankings over last &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/01\/mississippi-holds-fattest-state-title-for-fifth-straight-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3687],"tags":[7083,92],"class_list":["post-38754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adult-health","tag-mississippi","tag-obesity"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38754"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62610,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38754\/revisions\/62610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}