New England States Ranked By Obesity Rates For 2025

A new study has just been released that has ranked which states in America are the most overweight and obese in 2025, and Connecticut has been listed near the thinnest.

According to Most Overweight & Obese States in America from WalletHub.com, you will find the most overweight and obese citizens in New England in Maine, and the least in Massachusetts. Here in Connecticut, we've been ranked as the #36 most obese state for 2025.

In order to arrive at their rankings WalletHub compared the 50 states and Washington D.C. across three key dimensions: Obesity & Overweight Prevalence, Health Consequences, and Food & Fitness. Those dimensions were further evaluated using 31 relevant metrics: Share of Overweight Adults, Teenagers, and Children, Projected Obesity Rate in 2030, Share of Adults With: High Cholesterol, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension, Obesity-Related Death Cases, Share of Adults Eating Less than 1 Serving of Fruits and Vegetables a Day, Fast Food Restaurants per capita, and Fitness Centers per capita were among the 31.

How Did Connecticut Do in the Rankings?

Not bad, actually. Connecticut ranked as the #36 fattest state in the US for 2025 according to WalletHub.com's rankings. Despite having the nations 2nd largest share of overweight adults, and among the lowest share of adults eating at least one veggie or fruit a day.

In New England, Massachusetts is our fittest state, ranking at #49, the only states that ranked better are Utah and Colorado. Vermont ranked at #42, Connecticut at #36, New Hampshire at #32, Rhode Island at #28, and just missing the Top 10 fattest states was Maine at #11.