America's 10 Skinniest States

The US obesity rate rose to 27.7% last year, up from 27.1% the year prior—and in all but one state, at least one in five people are obese (in some states, more than a third of residents are obese). That one state is Hawaii, America's skinniest state for 2014, per a Gallup poll of 176,702 adults. The 10 skinniest states and their respective obesity rates:

1. Hawaii, 19%
2. Colorado, 20.3%
3. Montana, 23.5%
4. California, 23.9%

5. Massachusetts, 24%
6. Idaho, 24.2%
7. South Dakota, 24.6%
8. New York, 24.7%
9. Minnesota, 24.8%
10. Connecticut, 24.9%

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