How overweight is your community? Obesity is defined as having a body mass index greater than 30 kilograms per square meter.
The research, based on 2005 data, was published in the American Journal of Public Health in March 2009.
Check below to see how your community stacks up.
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Community Percent of Obese Adults Andover 15.9% Billerica 24.1% Chelmsford 20.5% Dracut 26.8% Haverhill 25.5% Littleton 20.6% Lowell (01850) 25.2% Lowell (01851) 27% Lowell (01852) 28.5% Lowell (01854) 27.2% Melrose 19.7% Methuen 27.7% North Andover 19.2% North Reading 20.5% Reading 20.4% Tewksbury 23.1% Wakefield 21.1% Westford 16.6% Wilmington 22%Find out what's happening in Chelmsfordfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
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