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Ohio Again Ranked High For Adult Obesity

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published August 16, 2013 at 12:29 PM EDT

The Centers for Disease Control again ranks Ohio as one of the nation's most obese states. Ohio is one of 13 states with an adult obesity rate of more than 30-percent. Researchers blame higher poverty rates, noting people with low incomes tend to buy cheaper, highly-processed foods. Those foods are higher in sugar, fat, and salt content.
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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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