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Is your state the laziest state in the country? The results may surprise you

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Mississippi is dubbed the 'couch potato capital' of the country.

Mississippi has the greatest number of people not participating in healthy, physical activities than any other state in the country, according to research. Using the data collected from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about American's exercises, they found one in four people are not exercising outside of work during the last month.

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By Talia Ramos (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
7/7/2015 (8 years ago)

Published in U.S.

Keywords: Physical Inactivity, Exercise, Laziness, States, US, Survey

MUNTINLUPA, PHILIPPINES (Catholic Online) - In a generated map using the data collected from a 2012 survey, the states were color coded in terms of people participating in physical activities or the lack thereof. Dark blue suggested that there is a low number of people physically inactive; dark orange represents the high number of physically inactive people.

Adults around 20-years-old and up were asked the survey question, "During the past month, other than your regular job, did you participate in any physical activities or exercises such as running, calisthenics, golf, gardening or walking for exercise?" according to The Blaze.


Using the statistics generated, North Dakota came in 10th place with about 24.8 percent of its citizens declaring no exercise within the past 30 days. Indiana was in 9th place with 27.2 percent of the population, which is just slightly below from the number of physically inactive people in Kentucky, 27.8 percent.

Seventh place was Alabama with 28.4 percent; while 29.3 percent of the people from Louisiana had also not exercised last month, 6th.

Oklahoma and West Virginia were the 5th and 4th "laziest state" with 29.8 percent and 30.5 percent, respectively. At about 30.6 percent, Arkansas is the 3rd place of physically unengaged people of the past 30 days.

Not quite far ahead, Tennessee got 31.3 percent of its population lacking in exercise, landing in the study's second place position. Lastly, the dubbed "couch potato capital," Mississippi, was found with 32.9 percent of declared physically inactive people.

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