Staff graphic by Stewart Moon
Staff graphic by Stewart Moon
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Hoosiers’ waistlines continue to be among the widest in the country.

Indiana’s adult obesity rate remained at 31.4 percent, the same as last year, enabling it to retain last year’s spot as the 8th chubbiest state in the country — according to “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2013, a report released by Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

The full report with state rankings in all categories and new interactive maps are available at http://www.fasinfat.org/.

The latest figures reflect a less-than-desirable trend in Indiana, where the adult obesity rate was 27.4 percent in 2009 (placing it 16th), 28.1 percent in 2010 (17th), and 29.1 percent in 2011 (15th).
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