El Paso and Travis counties are Texas' least obese counties

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Americans are improving on childhood obesity rates that peaked in the mid-2000s, according to a new in-depth study in the medical journal the Lancet. But, the Washington Post notes, the country still has higher rates of overweight children compared to the rest of the world, easily outpacing countries like Mexico, Iran and Brazil.

As for adults, more than one-third of the country (78.6 million people) is obese, the CDC reports. Texas counties on average have an obesity rate of 29 percent. Harris County equals the state average.

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A few counties did outperform the rest. Seven areas are among the least obese counties in the whole U.S., including El Paso County, Austin’s Travis County and Fort Bend County. The state’s most obese counties are Kaufman County and Beaumont’s Jefferson County.

See the most obese and most fit counties in Texas above.



