Adult obesity, which has been blamed in part for increasing workers' compensation costs, has increased in 37 states in the past year, according to a new study which found no areas of decrease.

The findings were contained in the fifth annual “F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing in America, 2008″ report (http://healthyamericans.org/reports/obesity2008) from the Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).

According to the study, rates rose for a second consecutive year in 24 states and for a third consecutive year in 19 states. No state saw a decrease.

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