Table 2.
Percentages of adolescents meeting guidelines for physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and healthy weight status by state, 2011–2015 Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System.
| State | Physical activity |
Fruit and vegetable consumption |
Healthy weight status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 26.2% | 7.2% | 66.9% |
| Alaska | 21.1% | 10.5% | 72.4% |
| Arizona | 24.2% | 10.2% | 75.4% |
| Arkansas | 28.1% | 8.0% | 66.5% |
| California | 25.3% | 11.2% | 69.6% |
| Colorado | 29.2% | 12.6% | 82.0% |
| Connecticut | 25.8% | 8.4% | 73.5% |
| Delaware | 24.4% | -- | 69.6% |
| Florida | 24.7% | 10.9% | 73.9% |
| Georgia | 24.9% | 8.6% | 69.7% |
| Hawaii | 21.1% | -- | 72.3% |
| Idaho | 27.8% | 8.8% | 75.2% |
| Illinois | 25.1% | 8.5% | 73.4% |
| Indiana | 24.7% | 5.5% | 69.4% |
| Iowa | 29.1% | 9.1% | 72.3% |
| Kansas | 29.2% | 7.8% | 73.5% |
| Kentucky | 21.5% | 7.4% | 66.4% |
| Louisiana | 24.2% | 6.8% | 67.4% |
| Maine | 22.5% | -- | 73.4% |
| Maryland | 20.5% | 9.6% | 73.4% |
| Massachusetts | 23.2% | 4.8% | 75.4% |
| Michigan | 26.2% | 7.9% | 71.3% |
| Mississippi | 24.3% | 8.9% | 67.7% |
| Missouri | 26.6% | 6.8% | 71.6% |
| Montana | 28.4% | 8.5% | 77.0% |
| Nebraska | 30.0% | 8.1% | 72.8% |
| Nevada | 26.2% | 8.7% | 73.4% |
| New Hampshire | 22.6% | 10.9% | 74.0% |
| New Jersey | 27.6% | 8.2% | 75.5% |
| New Mexico | 29.4% | 11.8% | 71.1% |
| New York | 24.7% | -- | 74.3% |
| North Carolina | 25.4% | 8.1% | 70.4% |
| North Dakota | 25.1% | 8.0% | 72.4% |
| Ohio | 25.6% | 7.5% | 70.6% |
| Oklahoma | 34.6% | 8.2% | 68.9% |
| Pennsylvania | 24.8% | 6.9% | 70.2% |
| Rhode Island | 23.5% | 9.3% | 73.6% |
| South Carolina | 24.5% | 6.8% | 68.5% |
| South Dakota | 27.7% | 7.3% | 74.0% |
| Tennessee | 27.3% | 7.5% | 66.5% |
| Texas | 28.6% | 7.6% | 68.6% |
| Utah | 20.2% | 10.5% | 80.9% |
| Vermont | 24.1% | 12.5% | 74.5% |
| Virginia | 24.4% | 8.6% | 72.3% |
| West Virginia | 28.6% | 11.1% | 67.9% |
| Wisconsin | 25.9% | 4.2% | 75.0% |
| Wyoming | 27.0% | 10.8% | 75.9% |
Note. Percentages are weighted.