Feds: Boulder County One of the Thinnest
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Posted: 6:38 AM Nov 20, 2009
Feds: Boulder County One of the Thinnest
Boulder County is one of the thinnest in the nation.
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The first federal analysis of county-by-county obesity rates shows Boulder County in Colorado is one of the nation's thinnest.

The analysis using 2007 data shows that less than 13 percent of people in Boulder were obese. Only about 4 percent reported diabetes. Type 2 diabetes is closely tied to obesity.

The survey published Thursday showed obesity rates were highest in counties in the Southeast and Appalachia. Some counties in Alabama and Mississippi reported more than 40 percent were obese.

El Paso and Pueblo counties were both under 7 percent for diabetes, and under 26 percent for obesity.

Denver County had an age-adjusted obesity rate of about 16.3 percent.

Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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Posted by: Erin Location: security on Nov 20, 2009 at 12:52 PM

If diabetes and being fat are so "closely linked"... how come the diabetes rate is lower than the rate of obese people?
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