Poor states among the fattest, survey finds
(Reuters)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060915/us_nm/obesity_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20060829/capt.sge.imn26.290806214340.photo00.photo.default-512x389.jpg?x=130&y=98&sig=6ojroVRTrsJLAIkteN3C0Q--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A woman leaves a cookie store in Los Angeles in 2003. Americans get fatter and fatter, with the nation's obesity rate increasing in 31 mostly southern states, the group Trust for American Health reported.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Louisiana, Mississippi and West
Virginia have the highest percentages of obese residents, while
Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii and Vermont have the lowest, the
government reported on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>