A new report looks at the percentage of women who were in 36 states and Washington D.C obese before becoming pregnant. The report uses information from birth certificates in 2011, which list how much the mother weighed when she became pregnant. Here are the rates by state, from lowest to highest:
Utah: 18.0 percent
Colorado: 18.8 percent
District of Columbia: 20.3 percent
New York: 20.4 percent
Nevada; 21.1percent
California: 21.6 percent
Idaho: 21.7 percent
Florida: 21.8 percent
Wyoming: 22.1 percent
New Hampshire: 22.6 percent
Montana: 22.9 percent
Pennsylvania: 22.9 percent
South Dakota: 23.2 percent
Vermont: 23.2 percent
Texas: 23.3 percent
Oregon: 23.4 percent
Nebraska: 23.5 percent
Kansas: 23.7 percent
Maryland: 23.7 percent
Illinois: 24.1 percent
Tennessee: 24.3 percent
Missouri: 24.4 percent
North Carolina: 24.4 percent
Delaware: 24.7 percent
Washington: 24.7 percent
Iowa: 24.8 percent
New Mexico: 24.8 percent
Ohio: 24.8 percent
Oklahoma: 25.4 percent
Indiana: 25.7 percent
Michigan: 25.9 percent
Louisiana: 27.2 percent
Georgia: 27.3 percent
Kentucky: 27.4 percent
Wisconsin 27.8 percent
North Dakota: 28.5 percent
South Carolina: 28.6 percent
