I’ll be dissecting the study more tomorrow.  Here’s the ranking for today.  How did your state do?

Alabama:  Adults 31.6%, Children 17.9%, Rank 2

Alaska: Adults 26.9%, Children 14.1%, Rank 24

Arizona:  Adults 25.8%, Children 17.8%, Rank 29

Arkansas:  Adults 30.1%, Children 20.4%, Rank 8

California:  Adults 24.4%, Children 15.0%, Rank 41

Colorado:  Adults 19.1%, Children 14.2%, Rank 51

Connecticut:  Adults 21.4%, Children 12.5%, Rank 50

Delaware:  Adults 27.9%, Children 13.3%, Rank 20

District of Columbia:  Adults  21.5%, Children 20.1%, Rank 49

Florida:  Adults 25.1%, Children 18.3%, Rank 36

Georgia:  Adults 28.1%, Children 21.3%, Rank 17

Hawaii:  Adults 22.6%, Children 11.2%, Rank 47

Idaho:  Adults 25.1%, Children 11.8%, Rank 36

Illinois:  Adults 26.6%, Children 20.7%, Rank 26

Indiana:  Adults 28.1%, Children 14.6%, Rank 17

Iowa:  Adults 27.6%, Children 11.2%, Rank 22

Kansas:  Adults 28.2%, Children 16.2%, Rank 16

Kentucky:  Adults 30.5%, Children 21.0%, Rank 7

Louisiana:  Adults 31.2%, Children 20.7%, Rank 5

Maine:  Adults 25.8%, Children 12.9%, Rank 29

Maryland:  Adults 26.6%, Children 13.6%, Rank 26

Massachusetts:  Adults 21.7%, Children 13.3%, Rank 48

Michigan:  Adults 29.4%, Children 12.4%, Rank 10

Minnesota:  Adults 25.5%, Children 11.1%, Rank 32

Mississippi:  Adults 33.8%, Children 21.9%, Rank 1

Missouri:  Adults 29.3%, Children 13.6%, Rank 12

Montana:  Adults 23.5%, Children 11.8%, Rank 43

Nebraska:  Adults 27.3%, Children 15.8%, Rank 23

Nevada:  Adults 25.6%, Children 15.2%, Rank 31

New Hampshire:  Adults 25.4%, Children 12.8%, Rank 35

New Jersey:  Adults 23.9%, Children 15.4%, Rank 42

New Mexico:  Adults 25.5%, Children 16.0%, Rank 33

New York:  Adults 25.1%, Children 17.1%, Rank 36

North Carolina:  Adults 29.4%, Children 18.6%, Rank 10

North Dakota:  Adults 27.7%, Children 11.4%, Rank 21

Ohio:  Adults 29.0%, Children 18.5%, Rank 13

Oklahoma:  Adults 30.6%, Children 16.4%, Rank 6

Oregon:  Adults 25.0%, Children 9.6%, Rank 39

Pennsylvania:  Adults 28.1%, Children 15.0%, Rank 17

Rhode Island:  Adults 22.9%, Children 14.4%, Rank 45

South Carolina:  Adults 29.9%, Children 15.3%, Rank 9

South Dakota:  Adults 28.5%, Children 13.2%, Rank 15

Tennessee:  Adults 31.6%, Children 20.6%, Rank 2

Texas:  Adults 29.0%, Children 20.4%, Rank 13

Utah:  Adults 23.2%, Children 11.4%, Rank 44

Vermont:  Adults 22.8%, Children 12.9%, Rank 46

Virginia:  Adults 25.5%, Children 15.2%, Rank 32

Washington:  Adults 26.3%, Children 11.1%, Rank 28

West Virginia:  Adults 31.3%, Children 18.9%, Rank 4

Wisconsin:  Adults 26.9%, Children 13.1%, Rank 24

Wyoming:  Adults 25.0%, Children 10.2%, Rank 39

These numbers are scary.  As I was revising them from last year I kept deleting the old number and putting in a higher one.  I’m just shaking my head.  Celebrities like Jamie Oliver and Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move plan are really too young to have made much of a dent.  I’m hoping next year’s numbers will reflect improvement.  How do you feel about this?

Lisa