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Mississippi still fattest but Alabama closing in

Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but anominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring

Alabama: obese baby boomers.

It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outsideof fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. In 31 states,more than one in four adults are obese, says a new report from theTrust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson...

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