10. Colorado
Colorado had the lowest levels of physical inactivity in the country. That may be why the Centennial State was one of only two states that did not experience an average annual increase in obesity from 2012 to 2016. (Michigan was the other.) While 20 percent of Coloradans are obese, that’s the lowest level in the nation, where the average rate is nearly 30 percent.
Strengths: Low prevalence of obesity; low prevalence of physical inactivity; low prevalence of diabetes.
Challenges: Low percentage of high school graduation; high incidence of pertussis; large disparity in health status by educational attainment.
