The Physicians Committee for Respon...

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) has released its list of top 10 unhealthy states, according to an Oct 10 2002 novels release from the organization. Those states that made the list, ranked in order of least healthy states, are

* Mississippi,

* Texas,

* West Virginia,

* Kentucky

* Tennessee

* Illinois,

* Michigan,

* Missouri,

* Louisiana, and

* Arkansas.

When compiling the list, PCRM examined rates of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. Nutritionists analyzed the greatest in quantity recent incidence rates from the Center for Disease bridle and Prevention and the American Heart Association.

Doctors Launch Healthy Eating Campaign in America's Least Healthy States: Southern States at Highest Risk (new release, Washington, DC: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Oct 10 2002)http://wwwpcrm .org/news/health021010.html (accessed 21 Oct 2002)

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