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Alabama: Room for Improvement in Health Rankings
If you pay any attention to the media this should not be news, but it bears repeating nonetheless. Alabama is parked near the bottom (i.e. worst part) of numerous rankings of health measures, with our neighbors to the west (Mississippi and Louisiana) keeping us from last place. Alabama…
…is tied for second fattest state in the country (based on 2007-2009 combined data)
…has the third highest rate of adult diabetes and hypertension
…is tied for the fifth highest rate of adult physical inactivity
…has the 48th lowest fruit and vegetable consumption among adults.
Obviously these are some pretty serious problems, ones that eating local won’t begin to solve. But the simple step of consuming local, seasonal produce can help a little bit, and goodness knows we need all the help we can get.
These statistics came from the August issue of the RSA newsletter, The Advisor. Originally appearing in the Birmingham News, sources include America’s Trust for Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.