Georgians loom large on obesity list

Think fried chicken, biscuits and gravy and pecan pie. What do these Southern classics add up to?

Numbers that make the South the fattest region in the country and Georgia among the flabbiest states, according to a federal government study released Thursday.

More than one in four Georgia adults is obese, earning the state a ranking of 8th fattest.

Twenty-eight percent of Georgians are obese. Mississippi had the highest ranking with 32 percent tipping the scales too far. Alabama and Tennessee are not far behind.

The national average is 25.6 percent. Click here for full article.