High Obesity Tied to Higher Rates of Diabetes Nationwide

High Obesity Tied to Higher Rates of Diabetes Nationwide

The diabetes rate in the US, which is related to obesity, also remains up from 2008, with 11.3% of American adults reporting in 2010 that they have ever been diagnosed with the disease, similar to 11% in 2009, but up more than 6% from 10.6% 2008.

The Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index data highlight the relationship between obesity levels and diabetes diagnoses, revealing that there is an average diabetes rate of 9.9% in the 10 states with the lowest obesity levels, which is almost 28% lower than the average rate of 13.7% in the 11 states with the highest obesity levels.

Accordingly, diabetes rates are highest in the same states where obesity levels are the highest: West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Americans are least likely to report ever having been diagnosed with diabetes in Alaska, Colorado, Montana, and North Dakota.

These data reveal that if the 11 states with the highest obesity levels had the same average obesity rate as the 10 states with the lowest obesity levels, approximately 3.3 million fewer American adults would be obese and there could be as many as 1.6 million fewer diagnosed with diabetes in those 10 states alone. If the remaining 40 states had the same average diabetes rate as the 10 states with the lowest obesity levels, approximately 4.6 million fewer American adults would have diabetes.

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