Obesity - Where does your state rank?
in the South.
Here are the 12
states with an
obesity rate of greater than 30%:
1.
Mississippi - 34...
In 2010 rural
Mississippi had the most
obese residents for the 7th year in a row... the thinnest
state? Yep, Colorado.
The results of the annual
obesity report get worse every year...crap
Mississippi: Senate Passes Amended House Sex Education Bill
Under a bill passed Thursday by the
state Senate,
Mississippi's 152 school districts would have to
declare by July 1, 2012, whether they take an abstinence-only or abstinence-plus approach to sex education.
The Senate amended the House-passed version, adding a provision
stating that while contraceptives...crap
The Rise of Obesity in the U.S.
States population is overweight or
obese. The
states with the highest rate of
obesity are
Mississippi...- last year, not one single
state saw
obesity rates drop. In fact, 31
states have an
obesity rate over 25...
obese in 30
states. This is a grim finding, as overweight children have a greater likelihood of growing...crap
Obesity and Health Risks in America's Stroke Belt
There's a certain group of
states in the south that have earned the name, America's Stroke Belt. The
states that fall under this label include: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. These
states share a very troubling health issue, namely the risk...crap
State Criminal Statutes on HIV Transmission
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State
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StateAlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesota
Mississippi... that we did not find a
state statute that criminalizes acts specifically due to alleged risk of transmitting HIV...crap
Mississippi: Syphilis Remains Problem in State
Since taking over as
state health officer in 2007, Dr. Ed Thompson has made tackling public health concerns like syphilis, TB, infant mortality, and
obesity a priority. Thompson hired additional nurses and disease intervention specialists, and morale at the
Mississippi Department of Health...crap
AIDS Groups See Stigma, Misinformation in Mississippi
in
Mississippi." Harvard's
State Healthcare Access Research Project also released a report indicating... for
Mississippi's Department of Health STD/HIV program, encourages testing and has
declared HIV to be a "chronic...
Misunderstandings and taboos surrounding HIV/AIDS in
Mississippi are tantamount to those in sub...crap
AIDS Tightens Grip on U.S. South
, we're
declaring a
state of emergency in the South," said Dr. Gene Copello, co-chair of the Southern AIDS Coalition, made up of health officials in 14 Southern
states.
According to the report... of the 10
states with the highest AIDS rates are in the South. Georgia's AIDS rate -- 20.8 cases per 100...crap
"Does Medicaid Pay for Weight-Loss Drugs?"
for by
state Medicaid programs.
As part of the Strategies to Overcome and Prevent (STOP)
Obesity Alliance... of Being Overweight and
Obese in the United
States.” Around the same time, GW published side-by-side reports highlighting how each
state tackles
obesity through insurance coverage,
state regulations, and incentive...crap