Report: CDC Compares Adult Obesity Prevalence Between Urban and Rural Counties in 47 States
CDC examined state-level 2016 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data and found that the prevalence of obesity was 34.2% among US adults living in nonmetropolitan counties and 28.7% among those living in metropolitan counties. Obesity prevalence was significantly higher among nonmetropolitan county residents than among metropolitan county residents in all US Census regions, with the largest absolute difference in the South and Northeast.
Source: CDC.gov