Study Finds State Ranks High in Obesity, Tobacco Use, Residents Less Likely to Binge Drink, Report States

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Compared to other states, West Virginians are more likely to be obese, have diabetes and use tobacco, but less likely to binge drink, according to a recent behavior survey released by the state Department of Health and Human Resources.

"We have quite a combination plate of bad things going on here," Joe Barker, director of the state Office of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, said Wednesday. "Those are three of the big guys."

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Study Finds State Ranks High in Obesity, Tobacco Use, Residents Less Likely to Binge Drink, Report States

West Virginia had the nation's highest rate of obesity prevalence at 27.6 percent, according to the West Virginia Behavioral Risk Fact...

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