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The Lincoln County, Tennessee Sheriff's Department will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Thursday on a series of murders that happened in October of 2012.More >>
The Lincoln County, Tennessee Sheriff's Department will hold a press conference at 3 p.m. Thursday on a series of murders that happened in October of 2012.More >>
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The WAFF 48 Storm Team is going to be out programming your weather radios today. We'll be at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville from 3pm until 7pm.More >>
BIRMINGHAM, AL (AP) -
A new study says Alabama is the nation's fourth-fattest state.
The report released Monday
by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 32% of Alabama's
adults are obese. That's slightly better than the obesity rates in
Mississippi, Louisiana and West Virginia.
The state obesity rate for
2011 is a little less than the number from 2010, but the CDC says the
two numbers can't be compared because it changed statistical methods. So
it's hard to gauge whether there's been any real improvement in
fighting obesity.
Alabama health officials
are trying to get people to slim down. The annual Scale Back Alabama
weight-reduction program drew almost 30,000 participants this year who
lost a combined 148,963 pounds.
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