Obesity in America, as we know it, is a serious problem. And in Louisiana, we’re fighting that battle just as much as any state, for both adults and kids. It’s the latter that is the subject of a recent report. Louisiana ranks 46th in youth obesity in America with 35.6% of children in our state between the ages of 10 and 17 who have obesity or are overweight for their age based on reported height and weight.