Jan. 7, 2010, Newark Advocate
BY JESSICA ALAIMO
CentralOhio.com
It’s time to shape up, Ohio. The Buckeye State is tied for 10th in obesity among the 50 states.
Ohio has an obesity rate of 28.7 percent, and Licking County has a rate of 30.1 percent, according to the most recent data from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate keeps going up, and it is causing medical professionals to worry what the lasting health consequences will be.
In Licking County, the obesity rate has increased four percentage points in three years. It’s an epidemic Dr. James Bacon at the Mid-Ohio Heart Clinic in Mansfield calls distressing.
“It’s a problem that really turns your stomach a bit,” Bacon said.
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