Associated Press fileNearly 30 percent of Ohio adults are now considered obese, compared with about 16 percent in 1995.

COLUMBUS, Ohio Nearly 30 percent of Ohio adults are now considered obese, compared with about 16 percent in 1995.   An annual obesity report from two public health groups also shows Ohio is still the nations 13th fattest state, the same as last year. The state has moved up since 1995, when it ranked 15th for obesity. The report says nearly two-thirds of Ohioans now are either obese or overweight.   The study released today is based on 2010 data. (Read a pdf of the report.)Adult obesity rates increased in 16 states in the past year and did not decline in any state, according to “F as in Fat: How Obesity Threatens America’s Future 2011,” a report from the Trust for America’s Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.The groups say the state with the lowest obesity rate today would have had the highest obesity rate in 1995. That state is Colorado, where 19.8 percent of adults are considered obese. Mississippi tops the list for the seventh year in a row.

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