by KYW's Ian Bush
We're eating more and exercising less, according to a report released Monday by an obesity watchdog group which ranked the fattest states in the nation.
While no state showed a decline in the collective waistline last year, Pennsylvania residents rank in the top half for being top-to-bottom heavy.
Nearly one in four adults in the Commonwealth are obese, as are more than 13 percent of kids aged 10-17.
Ilyse Veron, with the study author "Trust for America's Health," says no matter what you weigh, you're paying for this problem:
"Obesity accounts for 27 percent of US health care costs. If youth continue to gain weight and fail to exercise, this generation is expected to be the first generation that lives a shorter amount of time than their parents."
New Jersey's adults are slightly slimmer than Pennsylvanians, but at nearly 14 percent, the Garden State had the 26th highest rate of child obesity -- and higher than its neighbor to the west.
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