VA's Adult Obesity Rate: 25.2%
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Report from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). The state's adult obesity rate is 25.2 percent - it did not rise significantly compared to the previous year. Rates of type 2 diabetes, a disease typically associated with obesity, did not grow in Virginia. Virginia ranks 30th highest in type 2 diabetes, with 7.4 percent of the population affected, and it ranks 23rd highest for hypertension.
