Fattest and Thinnest U.S. States

26.2% of the U.S. population is obese, according to Gallup. But some states weigh-in heavier than others.

Gallup recently ranked each state by the percentage of population that was classified as obese -- meaning they had a Body Mass Index (BMI) score of 30 or above. West Virginia came in at the heaviest while Colorado proved to be the thinnest state in the nation.

Read on to see how each state ranked.

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