Arkansas already has one of the highest obesity rates in the nation. Results from the new Arkansas Health Survey, housed at the University of Arkansas, show that obesity across the state is particularly concentrated in rural areas.
Among Arkansas’s 440 rural census tracts, 99 have obesity rates of 45% or higher.
“These data make clear that rural Arkansas is bearing a disproportionate share of the state’s obesity burden,” said Michael Niño, associate professor of sociology and criminology at the U of A and principal investigator of the Arkansas Health Survey…